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Plot. The story of Dubliner Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies but came into conflict with members of his gang and attracted attention from the police and the IRA, and whose dealings with the UVF ultimately led to his downfall.
Dec 18, 1998 · The General: Directed by John Boorman. With Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Maria Doyle Kennedy. The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- John Boorman
- 1998-12-18
Dec 5, 2014 · Pulling off a series of daring robberies that stunned 1980's Ireland attracts unwanted attention from the police, the IRA, the UVF and even some of his own gang. Movie, The General Movie,The ...
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Based on the story of Martin Cahill, a notorious Dublin gangster who was the mastermind behind a series of daring robberies that stunned Ireland in the 1980s. In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality and meticulous planning, Martin Cahill stole over 60 million dollars....
- John Boorman
- Roxanna Williams
Jan 22, 1999 · "The General" opens with Cahill as a boy, stealing from a local merchant and being sent to reform school (where he socks a would-be molester). As an adult, he was a man who attracted enormous publicity even while obsessively guarding his privacy.
Dying, Cahill reflects on his life -- being raised on the hardscrabble streets of Dublin, his years in reform school, learning to steal at an early age and rising from petty thief to powerful...
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- Biography, Drama
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