The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1990
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Directed by
Ken Loach
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
The story
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
Cast
Frances McDormandIngrid Jessner
Brian CoxPeter Kerrigan
Brad DourifPaul Sullivan
Mai ZetterlingMoa
Bernard ArchardSir Robert Neil
Michelle FairleyTeresa Doyle
Maurice RoëvesHarris
Jim NortonBrodie
John BenfieldMaxwell
Bernard BlochHenri
Des McAleerSgt Kennedy
Ian McElhinneyJack Cunnigham
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Brian McCannMolloy
Patrick KavanaghAlec Nevin
John KeeganDet Sgt Hughes
Oliver MaguireSupt. Fraser
Robert PattersonIan Logan
Paul MoriartyJournalist
Victoria D'AngeloJournalist
Ivan LittleTV Reporter
Llew GardnerTV Announcer
Kate SmithReporter
Jim McAllisterLiam Philbin
George StainesMcKee
Maureen BellMrs Molloy
Kim DysonCarol
Mandy McIlwaineRUC Policewoman
Gerry FearonTaxi Driver
John McDonnellJohn Ware, Labour MP
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