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- Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in the process.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking is a 2008 English-language crime thriller film written and directed by Kari Skogland. It is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland 's 1997 autobiography of the same name.
Aug 21, 2009 · Edit. Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in the process.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Kari Skogland
- 2009-08-21
Apr 2, 2009 · Fifty Dead Men Walking is based on an IRA mole's true story. So why, asks Ronan Bennett, does it rehash so many hoary old cliches?
Martin McGartland joins the I.R.A. and feeds information to Britain's Special Branch Agent Fergus. Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA.
Sep 1, 1997 · The true story of Northern Irish lad Marty McGartland who grows up hating the British, RUC and British Army only to end up working for Special Branch and secretly infiltrate the IRA, in turn stopping some of their bombings and attacks.
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- Martin Mcgartland
Aug 19, 2009 · It seems incredible that anyone would take such a risk, and very few did. McGartland’s information is credited with saving the lives of at least 50 men, and you’d think the IRA might have noticed parallels between their assassination operations and McGartland’s participation, but apparently not.
Aug 21, 2009 · Although 50 Dead Men Walking is based on a true story, your character is a fictional amalgam of different figures. I’m told you like to do a lot of research — did that make it hard to...
