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The Guard

The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.
Jul 7, 2011 · 1h 36m
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Action
Comedy
Thriller
Crime

PLOT

When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

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CAST

Brendan Gleeson
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Don Cheadle
FBI agent Wendell Everett
Liam Cunningham
Francis Sheehy
Mark Strong
Clive Cornell
Katarina Čas
Gabriela McBride
David Wilmot
Liam O'Leary
Rory Keenan
Garda Aidan McBride
Laurence Kinlan
Photographer
Directed by John Michael McDonagh

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$19,560,274
Production
Prescience, UK Film Council, Reprisal Films, Aegis Film Fund, Element Pictures, Crescendo Productions, EDS Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Country
IE, GB

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