A Prayer for the Dying
Freedom always comes with a price.
1987 | 107m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Mike Hodges |
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| Writer: | Edmund Ward, Jack Higgins, Martin Lynch |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 11, 1987 |
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| Director: | Mike Hodges |
| Writer: | Edmund Ward, Jack Higgins, Martin Lynch |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | bomber, ira (irish republican army) |
| Production Companies | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,432,687
Budget: $6,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rourke | Martin Fallon |
| Bob Hoskins | Father Michael Da Costa |
| Alan Bates | Jack Meehan |
| Sammi Davis | Anna |
| Christopher Fulford | Billy Meehan |
| Liam Neeson | Liam Docherty |
| Leonard Termo | Bonati |
| Camille Coduri | Jenny Fox |
| Alison Doody | Siobhan Donovan |
| Maurice O'Connell | Superintendant Miller |
| Karl Johnson | Fitzgerald |
| Anthony Stewart Head | Rupert |
| Ian McElhinney | Lodger |
| Peggy Aitchison | Mrs. Orton |
| Cliff Burnett | Fred Varley |
| Mark Lambert | Ainsley |
| Ian Bartholomew | Kristou |
| George Shane | O'Connor |
| Ken Sharrock | Gaskin, Special Branch Man |
| James Saxon | Ellerman |
| Alan Talbot | Barman |
| Mark Monero | Boy |
| David Lumsden | Lance |
| Stanley Beard | Krasko |
| Dave Duffy | Publican |
| Peter Needham | Cemetery Superintendent |
| Robert Hamilton | Husband |
| Margaret Wade | Wife |
| Norman Warwick | Priest |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bill Conti | Music |
| John Lawlor | Second Assistant Director |
| Colin Skeaping | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mary Selway | Casting Director |
| Peter Best | Sound Editor |
| Brendan Gunn | Dialogue Coach |
| Michael Garfath | Director of Photography |
| Stuart Williams | Standby Carpenter |
| Edmund Ward | Screenplay |
| Terry Needham | First Assistant Director |
| Faye Perkins | Production Coordinator |
| Ian Smith | Focus Puller |
| Phil Aylward | Grip |
| Ian Munro | Boom Operator |
| Robert Mullen | Sound Effects Editor |
| William Parnell | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeffrey J. Haboush | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Martyn Hebert | Art Direction |
| Janet Tebrooke | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Stevie Hall | Hair Department Head |
| Doreen Landry | Publicist |
| John Markwell | Special Effects Technician |
| Ray Potter | Gaffer |
| Billy Merrell | Electrician |
| Joe Drinkeld | Transportation Captain |
| Jack Higgins | Novel |
| Evan Hercules | Production Design |
| Martin Lynch | Screenplay |
| Tom Delmar | Stunts |
| Charles Salmon | Location Manager |
| Diana Dill | Script Supervisor |
| John Attwell | Clapper Loader |
| Chris Munro | Sound Recordist |
| Gary Weir | Boom Operator |
| Gerry Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Assistant |
| Andrew Rothschild | Assistant Art Director |
| Peter Edmonds | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Bernard Spence | Production Accountant |
| Graham Attwood | Still Photographer |
| Maxie McDonald | Property Master |
| Ossa Mills | Best Boy Electric |
| Steve Harvey | Electrician |
| Evangeline Harrison | Costume Design |
| Peter Boyle | Editor |
| Carol Brock | Third Assistant Director |
| Martin Grace | Stunts |
| Bob Jordan | Assistant Location Manager |
| Gordon Hayman | Camera Operator |
| Ray Hall | Grip |
| Sandy MacRae | Sound Recordist |
| Stephen A. Hope | Music Editor |
| Rita Ackland-Snow | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Greg P. Russell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Andy Evans | Construction Manager |
| Christine Beveridge | Makeup Department Head |
| Yvonne Spence | Assistant Accountant |
| Ian Scoones | Special Effects |
| Gordon Billings | Props |
| Stewart Monteith | Electrician |
| Alan Grosch | Generator Operator |
| Mike Hodges | Director |
| Andy Bradford | Stunt Double |
| Nick Hobbs | Stunts |
| Debbie McWilliams | Casting Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Christabel Albery | Associate Producer |
| Peter Snell | Producer |
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