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The Guard

The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.

2011 · R · 1h 36m

Directed by John Michael McDonagh

7.0

TMDB audience score
1,486 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Dominique McElligott
    Aoife O'Carroll

  • Sarah Greene
    Sinead Mulligan

  • Fionnula Flanagan
    Eileen Boyle

  • Gary Lydon
    Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton

  • Mícheál Óg Lane
    Eugene Moloney

  • Mark O'Halloran
    Garda No. 1

  • David Pearse
    Bartley

  • Owen Sharpe
    Billy Devaney

  • Wale Ojo
    Doctor Oleyuwo

  • Darren Healy
    Jimmy Moody