A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

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(5705)

Country: UK
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 1987-09-11
Director: Mike Hodges
Writers: Jack Higgins , Edmund Ward , Martin Lynch
Language: English
Stars: Mickey Rourke , Bob Hoskins (I) (1942–2014) , Alan Bates (I) (1934–2003) , Sammi Davis , Christopher Fulford , Liam Neeson , Leonard Termo , Camille Coduri , Maurice O’Connell , Alison Doody
Runtime: 107 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Ölüm Emri (Turkey) , Modlitwa za umierającego (Poland) , Messe for en morder (Denmark) , Réquiem por los que van a morir (Spain) , Молитва за умиращия (Bulgaria) , Auf den Schwingen des Todes , L'Irlandais (France, French Republic) , Plegaria para un asesino (Argentina) , Prece para um Condenado (Brazil) , A Prayer for the Dying (United States of America) , Una preghiera per morire (Italy) , Os Guerrilheiros da Sombra (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , A Prayer for the Dying (Canada) , Καμιά προσευχή για τους πεθαμένους (Greece) , Plegaria para un moribundo (Mexico) , Ima egy haldoklóért (Hungary) , En messe for en morder (Norway) , Отходная молитва , A Prayer for the Dying , Tystat vittne (Sweden) , 死にゆく者への祈り (Japan) , Rugaciune pentru un muribund (Romania) , Viimeinen palvelus (Finland) , Molitva za umiruće (Serbia) , Відхідна молитва (Ukraine) , L'Irlandais (Canada) , Kamia prosefhi gia tous pethamenous (Greece) , A Prayer for the Dying (United Kingdom) , Ölüme yakarış (Turkey) , Une prière pour mourir (France, French Republic)
Plot: Martin Fallon is an I.R.A. bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck, but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and start a new life. The I.R.A. wants him back (he knows too much) and the local crime boss, Meehan, will only help him if he performs one last hit, on a rival crime boss. When Fallon does perform the hit, he is seen by a Catholic priest. He refuses to kill an innocent again, and must find a way to escape the police without killing the priest who can identify him.
IMDB:tt0093771