This was martin cahills former home before he was gunned down on august 18, 1994. He was very good at what he did and thanks to his work many dublin criminals received prison sentences. Martin cahill is one of the most wellknown criminals in irish history having risen to prominence in dublin at an early age. Martin cahill the general is a very interesting crime boss from the low income, ghetto, public housing project known as holyfield. Brendan gleeson plays cahill, adrian dunbar plays his friend noel curley, and jon voight plays inspector ned. Buster keaton the general 1926 best free legal movies ever 51. The general, a john boorman drama about dublin criminal martin cahill the general.
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The reallife story of dublin folk hero and criminal martin cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the. In a 2002 poll of critics and filmmakers on the best films ever made, critic roger ebert listed it on his top 10 from wikipedia. Eddie cahill, 66, who was part of the generals violent crew in the 1980s, said learning. The name was also used by the media to discuss cahills activities while avoiding legal problems with libel. A song for martin 2001 stream and watch online moviefone. A new book on the life of murdered crime boss martin cahill sensationally claims that the general once prevented the kidnapping of one of bonos children. Actor brendan gleeson who plays the crime boss martin the general cahill in the film the general, with costars sean mcginley, maria doyle kennedy and angeline ball arriving at a news conference in the burlington hotel prior to the movie premier at the savoy cinema, dublin, 27051998 part of the independent newspapers irelandnli collection. Also, gleeson reminded me of benny hill throughout the whole film.