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A Prayer for the Dying
5.8
Released September 11, 1987Runtime 1h 47min

Freedom always comes with a price.

Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.

Genres
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Action
  • Thriller
Production Companies
  • The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Countries
  • United Kingdom
Finances
  • Budget: $6,000,000
  • Revenue: $1,432,687
  • Profit/Loss: $-4,567,313
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Cast
posterMickey RourkeMartin Fallon
posterBob HoskinsFather Michael Da Costa
posterAlan BatesJack Meehan
posterSammi DavisAnna
posterChristopher FulfordBilly Meehan
posterLiam NeesonLiam Docherty
posterLeonard TermoBonati
posterCamille CoduriJenny Fox
posterAlison DoodySiobhan Donovan
posterMaurice O'ConnellSuperintendant Miller
posterKarl JohnsonFitzgerald
posterAnthony Stewart HeadRupert
posterIan McElhinneyLodger
posterPeggy AitchisonMrs. Orton
posterCliff BurnettFred Varley
posterMark LambertAinsley
posterIan BartholomewKristou
posterGeorge ShaneO'Connor
posterKen SharrockGaskin, Special Branch Man
posterJames SaxonEllerman
posterAlan TalbotBarman
posterMark MoneroBoy
posterDavid LumsdenLance
posterStanley BeardKrasko
posterDave DuffyPublican
posterPeter NeedhamCemetery Superintendent
posterRobert HamiltonHusband
posterMargaret WadeWife
posterNorman WarwickPriest
Crew
posterMike HodgesDirector
posterTerry NeedhamFirst Assistant Director
posterJohn LawlorSecond Assistant Director
posterDiana DillScript Supervisor
posterCarol BrockThird Assistant Director
posterJack HigginsNovel
posterEdmund WardScreenplay
posterMartin LynchScreenplay
posterChristabel AlberyAssociate Producer
posterPeter SnellProducer
posterBob JordanAssistant Location Manager
posterMary SelwayCasting Director
posterDebbie McWilliamsCasting Director
posterCharles SalmonLocation Manager
posterFaye PerkinsProduction Coordinator
posterYvonne SpenceAssistant Accountant
posterDoreen LandryPublicist
posterBernard SpenceProduction Accountant
posterPeter BoyleEditor
posterIan SmithFocus Puller
posterRay HallGrip
posterPeter BestSound Editor
posterBrendan GunnDialogue Coach
posterGreg P. RussellSound Re-Recording Mixer
posterMartyn HebertArt Direction
posterSandy MacRaeSound Recordist
posterRita Ackland-SnowAssistant Sound Editor
posterStephen A. HopeMusic Editor
posterDean HumphreysSound Re-Recording Assistant
posterAndy BradfordStunt Double
posterMartin GraceStunts
posterColin SkeapingStunt Coordinator
posterTom DelmarStunts
posterPhil AylwardGrip
posterChris MunroSound Recordist
posterNick HobbsStunts
posterJeffrey J. HaboushSound Re-Recording Mixer
posterWilliam ParnellAssistant Sound Editor
posterAndrew RothschildAssistant Art Director
posterGordon HaymanCamera Operator
posterIan MunroBoom Operator
posterJohn AttwellClapper Loader
posterGary WeirBoom Operator
posterRobert MullenSound Effects Editor
posterGerry HumphreysSound Re-Recording Mixer
posterJanet TebrookeWardrobe Supervisor
posterStevie HallHair Department Head
posterBilly MerrellElectrician
posterJoe DrinkeldTransportation Captain
posterSteve HarveyElectrician
posterOssa MillsBest Boy Electric
posterGordon BillingsProps
posterStewart MonteithElectrician
posterAlan GroschGenerator Operator
posterIan ScoonesSpecial Effects
posterChristine BeveridgeMakeup Department Head
posterMaxie McDonaldProperty Master
posterRay PotterGaffer
posterAndy EvansConstruction Manager
posterPeter EdmondsWardrobe Assistant
posterGraham AttwoodStill Photographer
posterJohn MarkwellSpecial Effects Technician
posterEvan HerculesProduction Design
posterEvangeline HarrisonCostume Design
posterMichael GarfathDirector of Photography
posterBill ContiMusic
posterStuart WilliamsStandby Carpenter
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