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Box office. $1,432,687. 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.
- $6 million
- September 11, 1987
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr, Ass. producers:, Bruce Rubenstein
- Bill Conti
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. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
- (5.5K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Mike Hodges
- 1987-09-11
Rent A Prayer for the Dying on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Apple TV. Irish Republican Army member Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) rigs a bomb to destroy a British army convoy, but the...
- (12)
- Mike Hodges
- R
- Mickey Rourke
"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.
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- 107 min