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Title: Veronica Guerin

Release Date: 11 Jul 2003

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Touchstone Pictures, Persevere Productions Ltd., World 2000 Entertainment

Production Companies: Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Touchstone Pictures, Persevere Productions Ltd., World 2000 Entertainment

Overview: In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (310 votes)

Cast

  • Veronica Guerin: Cate Blanchett
  • John Gilligan: Gerard McSorley
  • John Traynor: Ciarán Hinds
  • Bernie Guerin: Brenda Fricker
  • Chris Mulligan: Don Wycherley
  • Graham Turley: Barry Barnes
  • Cathal Turley: Simon O'Driscoll
  • Aengus Fanning: Emmet Bergin
  • Ann Harris: Charlotte Bradley
  • Willy Kealy: Mark Lambert
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