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MasterpieceGoodWatch scoreSummary
Dramatised retelling of the Ballyseedy massacre of 1923, during the Irish Civil War, when nine IRA prisoners died after they were bound together and forced to walk into a mine field.
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At a glance
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Audiences 96GoodWatch 96
IMDb9.6
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than most war movies, −24 min on the typical 118
typical 11894Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Released
1997
November 17, 1997
29 years ago
Genres
WarTV MovieHistoryDramaLanguage
English
Original language
and 1 more10 people
- JAJustin AylmerBill Bailey
- FBFran BrennanMaj. Gen. Price
- Barry CassinLt. Col. Niall Harrington
- JFJohn FraherPaddy Pats O'Connor
- FKFrank KeaneCol. David Nelligan
- Michael McElhattonComdt. Ed Breslin
- MMMalachy McKennaMajor Gen. Paddy O'Daly
- Ciaran McMahonRisteard Mulcahy
- Alan O'NeillCapt. Jim Clarke
- MOMichael O'SullivanStephen Fuller
Directing · 1
- Frank Hand Director, Writer
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