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A Prayer for the Dying is a 1987 thriller film about a former IRA member trying to escape his past. The film was directed by Mike Hodges, and stars Mickey Rourke, Liam Neeson, Bob Hoskins, and Alan Bates. The film is based on the 1973 Jack Higgins novel of the same name.
Sep 11, 1987 · A Prayer for the Dying: Directed by Mike Hodges. With Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis. Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit.
Irish Republican Army member Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) rigs a bomb to destroy a British army convoy, but the plan goes wrong when the trucks allow a school bus to pass....
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A Prayer for the Dying streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "A Prayer for the Dying" streaming on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel. It is also possible to buy "A Prayer for the Dying" on Apple TV as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video online.
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"Cal," by the way, was a courageous 1984 David Puttnam production starring John Lynch as a young IRA driver who falls in love with Helen Mirren, the widow of a Protestant policeman killed by the IRA. The movie deals honestly with violence, with terrorism, with the religious question and with human emotions.
Martin Fallon is an I.R.A. bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck, but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and start a new life.
