John Kavanagh

John Kavanagh

Movies for John Kavanagh...

Baltimore
Title: Baltimore
Character: Sir Alfred Beit
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
Based on actual events that took place on 26 April 1974, former debutante turned IRA member Rose Dugdale and three comrades carried out an armed raid on Russborough House, Wicklow, in which nineteen masterpieces were stolen in an effort to support the IRA’s armed struggle. The film plays out over the course of the days following the raid, when Rose is in hiding in a remote cottage.
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Title: Peacock
Character: Georgia's Boss
Released: April 25, 2022
Type: TV
A trainer tries to make his way as an instructor at a gym where the clientele doesn't take physical fitness very seriously.
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Title: Vikings: Valhalla
Character: The Seer
Released: February 25, 2022
Type: TV
In this sequel to "Vikings," a hundred years have passed and a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge its own destiny — and make history.
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The Last Duel
Title: The Last Duel
Character: Le Gris' Priest
Released: October 13, 2021
Type: Movie
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.
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Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Title: Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Character: Gatekeeper (voice)
Released: May 28, 2021
Type: Movie
A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life. Based on the stage show phenomenon of the same name and featuring Bill Whelan’s multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning music.
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Supervized
Title: Supervized
Character: Windsor
Released: July 16, 2019
Type: Movie
Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.
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Florence Foster Jenkins
Title: Florence Foster Jenkins
Character: Arturo Toscanini
Released: May 6, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
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Title: Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Character: The Seer
Released: January 30, 2015
Type: TV
Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan reflects his inner thoughts on the ways of the Northmen including all their customs, values, and morals. Watch the young priest struggle with an emotional and psychological turmoil as he balances his faith in both God and Odin, revels in bloodshed then is haunted by memories of combat, and then recognizes the personalities of his barbarian family and understands that they, though pagan, are human beings.
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Title: Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Character: The Seer (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 2015
Type: TV
Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan reflects his inner thoughts on the ways of the Northmen including all their customs, values, and morals. Watch the young priest struggle with an emotional and psychological turmoil as he balances his faith in both God and Odin, revels in bloodshed then is haunted by memories of combat, and then recognizes the personalities of his barbarian family and understands that they, though pagan, are human beings.
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The Invisible Woman
Title: The Invisible Woman
Character: Reverend Benham
Released: December 25, 2013
Type: Movie
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
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In Secret
Title: In Secret
Character: Inspector Michaud
Released: September 17, 2013
Type: Movie
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.
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The Stag
Title: The Stag
Character: Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad
Released: September 10, 2013
Type: Movie
At his fiancée’s urging, a very modern Irish groom-to-be reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend with his friends, camping in the western wilderness of Ireland. Much to their chagrin, these modern men are joined by the brother of the bride, a crazy, unpredictable alpha male known as “The Machine”, and an explosive Id to their collective Ego. The Machine is a force of nature, and under his leadership, the men—stripped of modern comfort, convenience and, finally, clothing—must begin their journey into the wild.
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Title: Vikings
Character: The Seer (voice)
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
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Title: Vikings
Character: The Seer
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
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Title: Vikings
Character: Pope Leo IV
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
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Title: Titanic: Blood and Steel
Character: Edward Carson
Released: May 13, 2012
Type: TV
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.
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Title: Father & Son
Character: John O'Connor
Released: July 20, 2009
Type: TV
Ex-gangland boss Michael O'Connor, now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son Sean is found guilty of the murder of a gang member.
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Closing the Ring
Title: Closing the Ring
Character: Reverend Smith
Released: September 14, 2007
Type: Movie
During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.
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Title: The Tudors
Character: Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: TV
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
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Title: The Tudors
Character: Cardinal Campeggio
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: TV
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
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The Tiger's Tail
Title: The Tiger's Tail
Character: Harry
Released: September 26, 2006
Type: Movie
After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
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The Black Dahlia
Title: The Black Dahlia
Character: Emmett Linscott
Released: September 15, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
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Alexander
Title: Alexander
Character: Parmenion
Released: November 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
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The Halo Effect
Title: The Halo Effect
Character: Stan
Released: November 19, 2004
Type: Movie
Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is getting the better of him and he has to contend with an endless succession of loan sharks and debt collectors. He employs hopelessly incompetent staff and generally manages to keep the entire community around him ticking over. However just as Fatso seems to be getting everything under control, he is faced with a dilemma that could destroy him for good.
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Mystics
Title: Mystics
Character: Gerry the Barman
Released: December 12, 2003
Type: Movie
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
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Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Title: Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Character: Judge Shippen
Released: January 13, 2003
Type: Movie
On the glorious battlefields of the American Revolution, two great generals distinguished themselves; George Washington and Benedict Arnold. Washington is remembered as America's founding father, Arnold as America's most notorious traitor. Benedict Arnold rose from humble origins to become the most respected and feared of America's generals. He won brilliant military victories against the English colonists and was Washington's favorite soldier. But two conflicting forces battled inside Arnold's heart; a deep concern for his country and his passionate love for an enchanting and manipulative English woman, Peggy Shippen. Blinded by desire, Arnold defected to the English army, orchestrating an attempt to assassinate his own mentor, George Washington.
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Pete's Meteor
Title: Pete's Meteor
Character: Sergeant Maloney
Released: December 31, 2002
Type: Movie
Lives change for members of an Irish family after a meteor crashes in their backyard. The kids believe that it was sent down to them by their dead parents, but the government hauls the rock away and sends it to the local university.
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Sinners
Title: Sinners
Character: Frank
Released: March 26, 2002
Type: Movie
Powerful drama set in 1960s Ireland about a young, unmarried mother-to-be whose family sends her to a convent. There, out of sight of society, her work in the laundry provides her with close friendships, which bring hope and relief from daily prayer and penance. (Radio Times)
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Puckoon
Title: Puckoon
Character: Haggerty
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
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Last Days in Dublin
Title: Last Days in Dublin
Released: October 8, 2001
Type: Movie
Monster (Grattan Smith), a diminutive young Dubliner, dreams of going abroad in search of opportunity and adventure. Finding his plans consistently thwarted by a host of oddball characters, he is joined by Freddie, a homeless explorer (MC Wuzza), as he struggles to find an alternate escape.
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Title: Rebel Heart
Character: Eugene O'Brien
Released: January 7, 2001
Type: TV
The move towards independence in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising until the 1922 civil war is seen through the eyes of a naive idealistic young man
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Vicious Circle
Title: Vicious Circle
Character: Charlie Rice
Released: February 9, 1999
Type: Movie
Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Title: Dancing at Lughnasa
Character: Father Carlin
Released: September 4, 1998
Type: Movie
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
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The Butcher Boy
Title: The Butcher Boy
Character: Dr. Boyd
Released: February 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
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The Informant
Title: The Informant
Character: IRA Chief
Released: March 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.
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Some Mother's Son
Title: Some Mother's Son
Character: Cardinal
Released: September 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
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Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Title: Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Character: Voice
Released: April 13, 1996
Type: Movie
A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his ill-fated love affair with his first cousin, the death of his father, and his decorated service with the French Resistance. He had settled in France before the Second World War, met fellow Irishman James Joyce, and begun writing. Patrick Magee's television performance of `Krapp's Last Tape' (1972) is interwoven with key landscapes and personalities from Beckett's life. The second part concludes the story of how Beckett finally began to connect with his audience, principally through `Waiting for Godot'. Includes an interview with the actress Billie Whitelaw, a celebrated interpreter of his work.
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Shadow of a Gunman
Title: Shadow of a Gunman
Character: Adolphus Grigson
Released: October 7, 1995
Type: Movie
The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men, Donal and Seamus who share a flat in Dublin.
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Braveheart
Title: Braveheart
Character: Craig
Released: May 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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Sharpe's Sword
Title: Sharpe's Sword
Character: Father Curtis
Released: April 26, 1995
Type: Movie
Sharpe is tasked to protect the most important spy in Lord Wellington's network, but domestic issues, a traumatized young girl, and possible French spies all threaten his success
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Circle of Friends
Title: Circle of Friends
Character: Brian Mahon
Released: April 7, 1995
Type: Movie
Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?
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Widows' Peak
Title: Widows' Peak
Character: Canon Murtagh
Released: May 13, 1994
Type: Movie
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader
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Love Lies Bleeding
Title: Love Lies Bleeding
Character: Sean Kerrigan
Released: June 14, 1993
Type: Movie
Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole and uses the time to search for his girlfriend Leyla’s killer. He finds only lies and intrigue surrounding her death, and he begins to realize that his lover was not what she seemed.
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Bad Company
Title: Bad Company
Character: Patrick Molloy
Released: May 17, 1993
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.
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Into the West
Title: Into the West
Character: Hartnett
Released: October 23, 1992
Type: Movie
Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
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Children of the North
Title: Children of the North
Character: Seamus Reilly
Released: October 30, 1991
Type: Movie
The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
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Arise and Go Now
Title: Arise and Go Now
Character: Father Dade
Released: September 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. Kevin, an IRA recruit, and Father Dade, the local priest, try to drive some sanity into their world
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Events at Drimaghleen
Title: Events at Drimaghleen
Character: Superintendent O'Kelly
Released: July 17, 1991
Type: Movie
The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade; Hetty Fortune and her TV documentary team travel there to piece those memories together into a story of horror.
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August Saturday
Title: August Saturday
Character: Tom Crosbie
Released: December 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, if discovered, would devastate those closest to her.
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Fools of Fortune
Title: Fools of Fortune
Character: Johnny Lacy
Released: June 20, 1990
Type: Movie
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
Title: Who Bombed Birmingham?
Character: Z
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
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Joyriders
Title: Joyriders
Character: Manager
Released: October 14, 1988
Type: Movie
The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.
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Bellman and True
Title: Bellman and True
Character: Donkey
Released: November 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.
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The Fantasist
Title: The Fantasist
Character: Robert Foxley
Released: February 27, 1987
Type: Movie
A young Dublin woman is stalked by a telephone charmer who poses victims nude and then stabs them.
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Title: Lovejoy
Character: Hennessey
Released: January 10, 1986
Type: TV
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
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The Price
Title: The Price
Character: Kearney
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: Movie
Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daughter Clare from a previous marriage. He'll do anything to make them happy, including stretching his finances to buy a Georgian estate in County Wicklow, where Frances grew up. Frank Crossan is an Irish Republican hitman on the run from British authorities. Seeking refuge with old girlfriend Kate, he creates a plan to kidnap a wealthy Brit for a ransom to fund a major arms deal. Their two worlds collide when Frances and Clare are brutally snatched away to a bleak hideaway and taken hostage. Geoffrey initially wants to cave in to the kidnapper's demands “ but nothing is simple when a personal crisis plays out against the forces of political intrigue, high finance and with the eyes of the media on them.
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Children in the Crossfire
Title: Children in the Crossfire
Released: December 3, 1984
Type: Movie
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and discover each other away from the ravages of their homeland.
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Cal
Title: Cal
Character: Skeffington
Released: August 24, 1984
Type: Movie
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
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The Country Girls
Title: The Country Girls
Character: James
Released: April 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.
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Attracta
Title: Attracta
Character: Mr. Devereux
Released: June 1, 1983
Type: Movie
An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.
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The Ballroom of Romance
Title: The Ballroom of Romance
Character: Bowser Egan
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.