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The Devil's Own 1997

The Devil's Own is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt, with Rubén Blades, Natascha McElhone, Julia Stiles, Margaret Colin, Treat Williams, and George Hearn in supporting roles. The plot revolves around a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (Pitt) who comes to the United States to obtain black market anti-aircraft missiles, but his plan is complicated by an Irish-American policeman (Ford), whom the IRA member has come to regard as family.

Plot

In 1972 Northern Ireland, eight-year-old Frankie McGuire witnesses his father gunned down for republican sympathies.

author	Kevin Jarre
contentLocation	New York City Northern Ireland
director	Alan J. Pakula
editor	Dennis Virkler Tom Rolf
events	New York City Police Department Provisional Irish Republican Army terrorism The Troubles
genre	action crime thriller
keywords	abandon ambush arms dealer belfast black market british army cocktail party construction worker fbi fight fishing boat force held at gunpoint ira irish mob irish mobster irish republican judge kill loyalist mask nypd police station republican return home search severed head shoot special reconnaissance unit staten island stinger missiles three daughters true identity wound
musicBy	James Horner
producer	Lawrence Gordon Robert F. Colesberry
publisher	Columbia Pictures
recordedAt	Clogherhead Greenport Inchicore New Jersey New York City Wicklow Mountains
theme	chase northern terrorism