Brendan Gleeson
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
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The Guard is a 2011 Irish buddy cop comedy film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham. The film received critical acclaim and was a box office success.
Jul 7, 2011 · The Guard: Directed by John Michael McDonagh. With Ronan Collins, Paraic Nialand, John Patrick Beirne, Liam O'Conghaile. An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an uptight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
Eileen Boyle ( Fionnula Flanagan) is dying in a retirement home, but perks up during Gerry's visits. He settles his great bulk next to her frail frame and they cheerfully share the f-word as if it's a punctuation mark. On the job, Boyle drinks, has warm friendships with hookers and takes it easy.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. A vulgar Irish cop (Brendan Gleeson) and a straight-laced American FBI agent (Don Cheadle) uncover police corruption among the former's superiors while probing a drug...
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The Guard. A wily, subversive Irish cop finds himself at hilarious odds with a straight-arrow American FBI agent when his quiet seaside village becomes the center of a drug smuggling investigation. A biting comedy. 2,412 IMDb 7.3 1 h 35 min 2011. X-Ray R.
Jun 8, 2011 · THE GUARD is a comedic, fish out of water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption, and the two cops who must join forces to take on an international...
Jul 29, 2011 · The Guard. Directed by John Michael McDonagh. Comedy, Crime, Thriller. R. 1h 36m. By Manohla Dargis. July 28, 2011. Popping with glorious, bright color and off-color jokes, “The Guard” is an...
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an uptight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
THE GUARD is a comedic, fish out of water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption. Two cops (Gleeson and Cheadle) one an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent, must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang.
The Guard. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code.
