The Guard
“The FBI are about to discover that things work a little differently around here.”
2011•R•1h 36m•7.0•Released
ActionComedyThrillerCrime
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
Director
John Michael McDonagh
Writer
John Michael McDonagh
Budget
$6M
Revenue
$20M
Languages
Irish, English
Studio
Prescience
Cast
Brendan Gleeson
Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Don Cheadle
FBI agent Wendell Everett
Liam Cunningham
Francis Sheehy
Mark Strong
Clive Cornell
Katarina Čas
Gabriela McBride
David Wilmot
Liam O'Leary
Rory Keenan
Garda Aidan McBride
Laurence Kinlan
Photographer
Dominique McElligott
Aoife O'Carroll
Sarah Greene
Sinead Mulligan
Fionnula Flanagan
Eileen Boyle
Gary Lydon
Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton
Mícheál Óg Lane
Eugene Moloney
Mark O'Halloran
Garda No. 1
David Pearse
Bartley
Production
Company
Prescience
Company
UK Film Council
Company
Reprisal Films
Company
Aegis Film Fund
Company
Element Pictures
Company
Crescendo Productions
Company
EDS Pictures
Company
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Producer
Flora Fernandez Marengo
Producer
Chris Clark
Producer
Andrew Lowe
Producer
Ed Guiney
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