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The Informant is a american film of genre War directed by Jim McBride released in USA on 15 march 1997 with Cary Elwes
The Informant (1997)
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Add to a movie listThe Informant is a 1997 cable TV movie produced by Showtime, starring Cary Elwes and Timothy Dalton. It was directed by Jim McBride and written by Nicholas Meyer based upon the book Field of Blood by Gerald Seymour.
Synopsis
It tells the story of Sean Pius McAnally "Gingy" (Anthony Brophy) and the journey he makes on his way to becoming a supergrass. Gingy is reluctantly pulled out of retirement in a caravan in the Republic of Ireland by two IRA men who bring him back to Belfast to perform one last job due to his skill with an RPG. On their way back they are stopped by a British Army patrol led by Lt David Ferris who introduces himself to Gingy. Gingy initially refuses the job but realises he has no choice after the Chief of the Belfast Brigade briefs him and threatens him. The job entails the killing of a judge using an RPG, during the getaway the gang smash through a roadblock and one of the soldiers from the previous patrol recognises Gingy from the previous checkpoint.Actors
Cary Elwes
(Lt. David Ferris)
Timothy Dalton
(DCI Rennie)
John Kavanagh
(IRA Chief)
Seán McGinley
(Frankie Conroy)
Stuart Graham
(Det. Asley)
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