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Cops or criminals. When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference? - The Departed
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Title: The Departed

Release Date: 4 Oct 2006

Runtime: 2h 31m

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime

Director: Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Initial Entertainment Group, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia

Overview: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

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Average Vote: 8.162 (15007 votes)

Cast

  • Billy: Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Colin: Matt Damon
  • Costello: Jack Nicholson
  • Dignam: Mark Wahlberg
  • Queenan: Martin Sheen
  • Mr. French: Ray Winstone
  • Madolyn: Vera Farmiga
  • Brown: Anthony Anderson
  • Ellerby: Alec Baldwin
  • Cousin Sean: Kevin Corrigan
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