The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1987
A Prayer for the Dying
Directed by
Mike Hodges
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Mickey RourkeMartin Fallon
Bob HoskinsFather Michael Da Costa
Alan BatesJack Meehan
Sammi DavisAnna
Christopher FulfordBilly Meehan
Liam NeesonLiam Docherty
Leonard TermoBonati
Camille CoduriJenny Fox
Alison DoodySiobhan Donovan
Maurice O'ConnellSuperintendant Miller
Karl JohnsonFitzgerald
Anthony Stewart HeadRupert
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Ian McElhinneyLodger
Peggy AitchisonMrs. Orton
Cliff BurnettFred Varley
Mark LambertAinsley
Ian BartholomewKristou
George ShaneO'Connor
Ken SharrockGaskin, Special Branch Man
James SaxonEllerman
Alan TalbotBarman
Mark MoneroBoy
David LumsdenLance
Stanley BeardKrasko
Dave DuffyPublican
Peter NeedhamCemetery Superintendent
Robert HamiltonHusband
Margaret WadeWife
Norman WarwickPriest
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