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The General (1998 film)
| The General | |
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| Directed by | John Boorman |
| Screenplay by | John Boorman |
| Based on | The General by Paul Williams |
| Produced by | John Boorman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Seamus Deasy |
| Music by | Richie Buckley |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.[1] |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Countries | |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.8 million |
The General is a 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. Brendan Gleeson plays Cahill, Adrian Dunbar plays his friend Noel Curley, and Jon Voight plays Inspector Ned Kenny.
- ^ "The General (1998)". BBFC. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ a b "The General (1998)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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