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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)

'Stargate' Roars at Canada's Leo Awards
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User Comments:
Great Movie and Worth Seeing!!! Great performances by all. 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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23 out of 34 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Movie and Worth Seeing!!! Great performances by all., 22 September 2008
10/10
Author: sdeaves-fisher from Canada

I saw the film at the Toronto Film Festival and liked it a great deal. The film is violent in parts, but this violence is necessary to truly show the times and the conflict that was going on between Ireland and England. I felt that both sides were presented in the movie, never showing too much favor to one or the other. It was a terrible and long period in UK history with far too much death and hate and this movie makes it clear for those of us that have little knowledge of it. I had no idea that this conflict went on for the length of time that it did or how the IRA operated before viewing the film, nor did I know that the IRA was as operational today as it is, they found Martin in hiding and tried to kill him again in Canada years later.

Jim's performance as Martin was excellent and believable as was Ben's. I recommend spending the time to see the movie when it is released.

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