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The Devil's Own is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alan J. Pakula released in USA on 26 march 1997 with Harrison Ford
The Devil's Own (1997)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 march 1997
Length 1h51
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
OriginUSA
Themes Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Political films, Conflit nord-irlandais, Road movies, Chase films
Rating61%
The Devil's Own is a 1997 American action thriller film starring Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Rubén Blades, Natascha McElhone, Julia Stiles, and Treat Williams. It was the final film directed by Alan J. Pakula and the final film photographed by Gordon Willis. A member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army comes to the United States in order to obtain anti-aircraft missiles to be used to shoot down British helicopters in Northern Ireland. The plan is thwarted by an Irish-American policeman.
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In 1972, eight-year-old Francis "Frankie" McGuire sees his father gunned down due to his Irish republican sympathies. In September 1992, the grown-up Frankie (Brad Pitt) and three other I.R.A. gunmen are involved in a shootout in Belfast when Special Air Service commandos attempt to capture him. 18 British military personnel are killed or wounded. One gunman is killed and another, Desmond, is wounded as Frankie and the last gunman, Sean Phelan (Paul Ronan), escape. An SAS agent asks the wounded man where Frankie is. Desmond is fatally shot by the agent after he says "up your arse". Hiding in the countryside, Frankie and his friend Martin MacDuf (David O'Hara) see a British Army helicopter circling overhead and decide they need Stinger missiles.Actors
Harrison Ford
(Sgt. Tom O'Meara)
Brad Pitt
(Francis Austin McGuire / Rory Devaney)
Margaret Colin
(Sheila O'Meara)
Treat Williams
(Billy Burke)
Rubén Blades
(Officer Edwin Diaz)
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