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A Quiet Day in Belfast is a canadien film of genre Drama released in USA on 17 may 1974 with Barry Foster
A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)
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Add to a movie listA Quiet Day in Belfast is a 1974 Canadian drama film set in Northern Ireland and starring Barry Foster, Margot Kidder and Sean McCann. British soldiers battle the Provisional Irish Republican Army in early 1970s Belfast. The film was based on a play by Andrew Dalrymple and was filmed in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland.
Actors
Barry Foster
(John Slattery)
Margot Kidder
(Brigit Slattery / Thelma Slattery)
Sean McCann
(Peter O'Lurgan)
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