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When the Sky Falls is a British film of genre Drama directed by John Mackenzie with Joan Allen
When the Sky Falls (2000)
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Add to a movie listWhen the Sky Falls is a 2000 film à clef directed by John Mackenzie and filmed in Ireland, starring Joan Allen. The story is based on that of Veronica Guerin, a crime reporter writing about drugs for the Sunday Independent, her investigations and murder.
Actors
Joan Allen
(Sinead Hamilton)
Patrick Bergin
(Mackey)
Liam Cunningham
(John Cosgrave)
Pete Postlethwaite
(Martin Shaughnessy)
Kevin McNally
(Tom Hamilton)
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