A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying is a 1987 thriller film about a former IRA member trying to escape his past. The film was directed by Mike Hodges, and stars Mickey Rourke, Liam Neeson, Bob Hoskins, and Alan Bates. The film is based on the Jack Higgins novel of the same name. The film begins with Martin Fallon and his IRA team tracking two British Army Landrovers on a lonely road. They have planted a bomb ahead to kill the soldiers. At the last minute, a school van overtakes the Landrovers, and hits the bomb killing all the children. This totally shakes Fallon who wants to leave the violence and goes...
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Release date:1987
Directed by:Mike Hodges
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:107 Minutes
Editor:Peter Boyle
Music by:Bill Conti
Screenplay by:Martin Lynch, Edmund Ward
Adapted from:A Prayer for the Dying
Genre:Action, Thriller

Cast of A Prayer for the Dying

Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins
Father Michael Da Costa
Born:October 26, 1942
Age:69
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson
Liam Docherty
Born:June 7, 1952
Age:59
Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke
Martin Fallon
Born:September 16, 1952
Age:59
Alan Bates
Alan Bates
Born:Feb. 17, 1934
Died:Dec. 27, 2003
Sammi Davis
Sammi Davis
Anna
Born:June 21, 1964
Age:47
Christopher Fulford
Christopher Fulford
Born:1955
Age:57

Film director of A Prayer for the Dying

Mike Hodges
Mike Hodges
Born: July 29, 1932
Age: 79

Mike Hodges is an English screenwriter, film director, playwright and novelist. His films as writer/director include Get Carter, Pulp, The Terminal Man and Black Rainbow; as director his films include Flash Gordon, Croupier and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. His theatre plays include Soft Shoe Shuffle ...
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TitleReleasedRatedGenre
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 2004 R (USA) Thriller
Croupier 1999
Dandelion Dead 1994
Black Rainbow 1989 R (USA) Thriller
A Prayer for the Dying 1987 R (USA) Action
Florida Straits 1986
Morons from Outer Space 1985 PG-13 (USA) Science Fiction
Red Hot Rock 1984
Flash Gordon 1980 PG (USA) Science Fiction
The Terminal Man 1974 Thriller
Pulp 1972 Comedy
Get Carter 1971 R (USA) Thriller
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Music contributors for A Prayer for the Dying

Bill Conti
Bill Conti

William "Bill" Conti is an American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards ceremony. Conti, an Italian American,...
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