Veronica Guerin (2003)
Rating: 6.7/10
Duration: 98 min
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Director(s): Joel Schumacher,
Description:
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
Cast
- Cate Blanchett as Veronica Guerin
- Garrett Keogh as Tony Gregory
- Charlotte Bradley as Ann Harris
- Ciarán Hinds as John Traynor
- Brenda Fricker as Bernie Guerin
- Gerard McSorley as John Gilligan
- Maria McDermottroe as Geraldine Gilligan
- Don Wycherley as Chris Mulligan
- Barry Barnes as Graham Turley
- Simon O'Driscoll as Cathal Turley
- Emmet Bergin as Aengus Fanning
- Mark Lambert as Willy Kealy
- Paudge Behan as Brian Meehan
- Joe Hanley as Eugene 'Dutchie' Holland
- David Murray as Charles Bowden