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Fifty Dead Men Walking 22 November 09
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd
Despite its awkward title, taken from the book, it is a remarkable film on one aspect of the history of (Northern) Ireland. It is a true story about an informer working for the British. The title refers to the 50 people he ostensibly saved from the IRA. Yet one interesting and telling fact that comes to light in the film is that one of the IRA’s most active interrogators and assassins was in fact also working for the British. The lends the concept of agent provocateur a new level of iniquity.
Most of the performers speak a fast and rich Norther Irish, mainly Belfast, dialect.
- Title: Fifty Dead Men Walking
- Directed by: Kari Skogland
- Writing credits: Nicholas Davies, Marin McGartland (book)
- Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers, Natalie Press, Rose McGowan
- Year: 2009 (August)
- Further details: 117 Minutes
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