Movie
1998
The General is a 1998 crime film written and directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who undertook several daring heists in the early 1980s and attracted the attention of the Garda Síochána, Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). The film was shot in 1997 and released in 1998. Brendan Gleeson plays Cahill, Adrian Dunbar plays his friend Noel Curley, and Jon Voight plays…
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What would you do to a person that burglarised your home and took some of your treasured possessions? Famed British film maker John Boorman gave an unusual and quite interesting answer to that question. In 1998 said individual became the subject of his biopic *The General*. The main character, played by Brendan Gleeson, is Martin “The General” Cahill, professional criminal specialised in burglaries and armed robberi…More
