A Prayer For The Dying
– Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"..
Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"
11 Sep 1987
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Mike Hodges
Jack Higgins (novel), Edmund Ward (screenplay), Martin Lynch (screenplay)
Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and start a new life. The IRA wants him back (he knows too much) and the local crime boss, Meehan, will only help him if he performs one last hit, on a rival crime boss. When Fallon does perform the hit, he is seen by a catholic priest. He refuses to kill an innocent again and must find a way to escape the police without killing the priest who can identify him.
1 win.
Virgin Vision