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Taffin
Taffin is a 1988 thriller film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role of Mark Taffin. It also featured Ray McAnally, Alison Doody and Jeremy Child. It is based on Lyndon Mallet's book series.
Plot
Mark Taffin, a debt collector in the small town of Ballymoran, uses his smarts and martial arts skills to help locals collect debts they are owed. He beats up a restaurant owner and collects his car to pay the man's debt, and aids a trio of young men who have been sold a faulty van. He also helps Charlotte, a local barmaid, who is having trouble with her employer, and who becomes his girlfriend.
More details
author | David Ambrose |
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contentLocation | Republic of Ireland |
director | Francis Megahy |
editor | Peter Tanner |
genre | thriller |
keywords | build car chase chemical plant debt collector ford mustang help kill last job masquerade one last job restaurant owner shoot small town turn |
musicBy | Stanley Myers |
producer | Peter Shaw |
productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Rafford Films United British Pictures |
publisher | MGM/UA Communications Co. |
theme | martial arts |