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The Messenger

The Scars of War Will Last Forever.

2009 · R · 1h 53m

Directed by Oren Moverman

6.7

TMDB audience score
508 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

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Cast

  • Ben Foster
    Will Montgomery

  • Woody Harrelson
    Tony Stone

  • Jena Malone
    Kelly

  • Eamonn Walker
    Stuart Dorsett

  • Samantha Morton
    Olivia Pitterson

  • Steve Buscemi
    Dale Martin

  • Dale Soules
    Cashier

  • Stevie Ray Dallimore
    Kelly's Father

  • Michael Chernus
    Alan

  • Yaya DaCosta
    Monica Washington

  • Marceline Hugot
    Mrs. Flanigan

  • Lindsay Michelle Nader
    Claire

  • Gaius Charles
    Recruiter Brown

  • Brendan Sexton III
    Recruiter Olson

  • Peter Francis James
    Dr. Grosso

  • Halley Feiffer
    Marla Cohen

  • Peter Friedman
    Mr. Cohen

  • Jeremy Strong
    Returning Soldier