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<html> <head> <title>The Guard</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Guard <nobr>(20-Jan-2011)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.the-guard-1.jpg" height=220 width=148 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> John Michael McDonagh<p><b>Writer:</b> John Michael McDonagh<p><b>Music by:</b> Calexico<p><b>Producers:</b> Chris Clark; Flora Fernandez-Marengo; Ed Guiney; Andrew Lowe<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/598/000204983/">Crime/Comedy</a>, <a href="/lists/718/000083469/">Drug Smuggling</a>, <a href="/lists/245/000084990/">Cocaine</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div><p>Action-comedy flick follows a brash Irish cop as he teams up with a by-the-book American intelligence agent to investigate a drug-smuggling operation.<p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ABSTRACT</font><br>Gerry Boyle, a trash-talking, hard-drinking, all-around stereotypically Irish police officer, attends a briefing held by uptight FBI agent Wendell Everett informing him that the American intelligence agency has sent men out to Ireland to assist in the pursuit of four drug traffickers operating out of the western European republic. Shortly thereafter, Boyle finds himself teamed up with an unlikely partner in Everett, as the two must reconcile their personality-based differences to help undermine an international drug-smuggling ring.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/984/000025909/"><font size=-1>Don Cheadle</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Nov-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Boogie Nights</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000161351/"><font size=-1>Liam Cunningham</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Stranded</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/689/000161206/"><font size=-1>Fionnula Flanagan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>James Joyce's Women</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/092/000130699/"><font size=-1>Brendan Gleeson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Mar-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mad-Eye Moody</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/120/000344085/"><font size=-1>Mark Strong</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Aug-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/092/000130699/">Brendan Gleeson</a></td><td> ... Gerry Boyle</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/984/000025909/">Don Cheadle</a></td><td> ... Wendell Everett</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/120/000344085/">Mark Strong</a></td><td> ... Clive Cornell</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/834/000161351/">Liam Cunningham</a></td><td> ... Francis Sheehy-Skelfington</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/689/000161206/">Fionnula Flanagan</a></td><td> ... Eileen Boyle</td></tr><tr><td>David Wilmot</td><td> ... Liam O'Leary</td></tr><tr><td>Katarina Cas</td><td> ... Gabriela McBride</td></tr><tr><td>Rory Keenan</td><td> ... Aidan McBride</td></tr><tr><td>Dominique McElligott</td><td> ... Aoife O'Carroll</td></tr><tr><td>Sarah Greene</td><td> ... Sinead Mulligan</td></tr><tr><td>Pat Shortt</td><td> ... Colum Hennessey</td></tr><tr><td>Laurence Kinlan</td><td> ... Photographer</td></tr><tr><td>Owen Sharpe</td><td> ... Billy Devaney</td></tr><tr><td>Gary Lydon</td><td> ... Gerry Stanton</td></tr><tr><td>Darren Healy</td><td> ... Jimmy Moody</td></tr><tr><td>M韈he醠 觛 Lane</td><td> ... Eugene Moloney</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td>Ronan Collins</td><td> ... Young Man in Car</td></tr><tr><td>Paraic Nialand</td><td> ... Young Man in Car</td></tr><tr><td>John Patrick Beirne</td><td> ... Young Man in Car</td></tr><tr><td>Liam O'Conghaile</td><td> ... Young Man in Car</td></tr><tr><td>Christopher Kilmartin</td><td> ... Young Man in Car</td></tr><tr><td>Declan Mannlen</td><td> ... James McCormick</td></tr><tr><td>Wale Ojo</td><td> ... Dr. Oleyuwo</td></tr><tr><td>Mark O'Halloran</td><td> ... Garda No. 1</td></tr><tr><td>Conor Moloney</td><td> ... Detective</td></tr><tr><td>Laura Hitchings</td><td> ... Female Garda</td></tr><tr><td>Sharon Kearney</td><td> ... Woman at Bartley's House</td></tr><tr><td>David Pearse</td><td> ... Bartley</td></tr><tr><td>Dermot Healy</td><td> ... Old Farmer</td></tr><tr><td>Eamonn Olwill</td><td> ... Priest</td></tr><tr><td>Yuyang Sheilds</td><td> ... Diner Waitress</td></tr><tr><td>Gay McKeon</td><td> ... Musician</td></tr><tr><td>Mary Corcoran</td><td> ... Musician</td></tr><tr><td>Colm Gannon</td><td> ... Musician</td></tr><tr><td>Johnny McDonagh</td><td> ... Musician</td></tr><tr><td>Dominick Hewitt</td><td> ... Henchman</td></tr><tr><td>Giedrius Nagys</td><td> ... Henchman</td></tr><tr><td>Gary Robinson</td><td> ... Henchman</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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