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The Guard

The Guard (2011)

Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Action, Mystery | UK

Director: John Michael McDonagh

Film4 | Tuesday 20 February 2024 | 02:00

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Tuesday 20 February 2024 02:00

Saturday 7 October 2023 02:00

Sunday 16 July 2023 01:50

Sunday 16 July 2023 00:50

Friday 20 January 2023 23:05

Streaming

16/08/2022

Rating: 7.3/10

User rating: 7.3/10
(31 vote)

SYNOPSIS

Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door.

Actors

Writer: John Michael McDonagh

Producer: Sarah Arnott, Paul Brett

RUNTIME: 96 min

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