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The General is an Irish crime film written and directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who undertook several daring heists in the early 1980s and attracted the attention of the Garda Síochána, Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) .The film was shot in 1997 and released in 1998.
Dec 18, 1998 · The General: Directed by John Boorman. With Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Maria Doyle Kennedy. The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- John Boorman
- 1998-12-18
Dec 5, 2014 · Pulling off a series of daring robberies that stunned 1980's Ireland attracts unwanted attention from the police, the IRA, the UVF and even some of his own gang. Movie, The General Movie,The ...
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Dying, Cahill reflects on his life -- being raised on the hardscrabble streets of Dublin, his years in reform school, learning to steal at an early age and rising from petty thief to powerful...
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- John Boorman
- R
- Brendan Gleeson
Jan 22, 1999 · "The General" opens with Cahill as a boy, stealing from a local merchant and being sent to reform school (where he socks a would-be molester). As an adult, he was a man who attracted enormous publicity even while obsessively guarding his privacy.
2h 9m. Based on the story of Martin Cahill, a notorious Dublin gangster who was the mastermind behind a series of daring robberies that stunned Ireland in the 1980s. In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality and meticulous planning, Martin Cahill stole over 60 million dollars.
One of the most revered comedies of the silent era, this film finds hapless Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) facing off against Union soldiers during...
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- Comedy, Action, Adventure, Drama, War
