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Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) -- An action-thriller story centered on a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern Ireland in the late eighties.
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) -- Inspired by the true story of Martin McGartland.

Overview

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7.0/10   853 votes
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Director:
Kari Skogland
Writers:
Nicholas Davies (book)
Martin McGartland (book)
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Release Date:
10 April 2009 (UK) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Plot:
Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the... more | full synopsis
Awards:
5 wins more
NewsDesk:
(27 articles)
Worth Watching - June 13: Fifty Dead Men Walking Trailer
 (From FirstShowing.net. 13 June 2009, 4:22 PM, PDT)

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Far from the Best more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ben Kingsley ... Fergus

Jim Sturgess ... Martin

Kevin Zegers ... Sean

Natalie Press ... Lara

Rose McGowan ... Grace

Tom Collins ... Mikey

William Houston ... Ray
Michael McElhatton ... Robbie
Laura Hughes ... Mary
Gerard Jordan ... Kieran
David Pearse ... Donovan
Joe Doyle ... Quinn

Conor MacNeill ... Frankie
Ewan Harts ... Little Patrick (as Ewan & Oscar Harts)
Oscar Harts ... Little Patrick (as Ewan & Oscar Harts)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Man on the Run (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
UK | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Marty is driving the taxi at night in the early part of the film a car can clearly be seen in front of his. This is supposed to be set in 1988 yet the car in front is a Ford which dates 2006 at least. more
Soundtrack:
Hit the Ground Running more

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2 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Far from the Best, 2 May 2009
5/10
Author: Ron Plasma from Broadbottom, UK

Amazingly I'm going to struggle to fill the ten-line minimum on this one.

None of the art of Hunger. More of the harsh realities of 80s Belfast but demonstrated mostly by crap cars, coarse armour plating, and even coarser police and army foot soldiers. And this is where it went wrong for me. No real character depth in the middle of extraordinary times.

This was an OK gangster film which gets an extra point for its location.

(I saw this film in the middle of fabulous modern day Belfast.)

Ron (Viewed 21Apr09)

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