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Harry's Game is a British film directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark with Ray Lonnen

Harry's Game (1982)

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Harry's Game is a British television miniseries made by Yorkshire Television for ITV in 1982. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Seymour, which was published in 1975.

The three-part serial starred Ray Lonnen as Capt. Harry Brown, a British soldier sent undercover to Northern Ireland to find information to arrest Billy Downes (Derek Thompson), a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) gunman. The theme tune was performed by Clannad and was successfully released as a single, reaching the top five in both Ireland and the United Kingdom and bringing Clannad its first major international exposure.

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The story begins with British government cabinet minister Henry Danby being shot dead by an IRA gunman, Billy Downes, in front of his wife and children as he's leaving for work. Downes then escapes to Belfast and army officer Harry Brown is sent undercover into Belfast's Catholic community to track down the assassin. Brown is chosen for the mission because he is an Ulsterman who had previously done similar work in Oman.

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