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FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING

By Kari SKOGLAND

MEGALYS PRODUCTIONS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD

Thriller - Completed 2008

- Year of production
- 2008
- Genres
- Thriller
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Duration
- 118 mn
- Director(s)
- Kari SKOGLAND
- Writer(s)
- Kari SKOGLAND
- Cast
- Jim STURGESS, Kevin ZEGERS, Natalie PRESS, Rose MCGOWAN, Sir Ben KINGSLEY
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-2CEE-0000-6-0000-0000-J
- EIDR
- 10.5240/9B9B-8586-F255-05BA-0835-R
- Synopsis
- Fifty Dead Men Walking is a fast-paced action thriller set in the treacherous world that was Northern Ireland in the 1980s.
  Inspired by a true story, Jim Sturgess gives a raw, mesmerising performance as young Martin McGartland, a young lad from West Belfast who is recruited by the British police to spy on the IRA. His handler, the mentor/father figure Fergus (Sir Ben Kingsley), promises what protection he can as Martin works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA in order to feed information to the British. Martin lives his life in constant danger, wary of discovery which would lead to torture and death, and bringing his young bride and family into the firing line.
  His vital information saves many lives until, during what is supposed to be his final ‘job’, he is uncovered. Captured by the IRA he is tortured within an inch of his life but bleeding and barely alive he makes a dramatic escape.
  True to his word, Fergus breaks all the rules and protocol to save his young friend, but is he too late…