Movie
Bloody Sunday
Overview
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-01-25
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Granada Television, Portman Entertainment Group, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Hell's Kitchen
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Nesbitt as Ivan Cooper
- Allan Gildea as Kevin McCorry
- Gerard Crossan as Eamonn McCann
- Mary Moulds as Bernadette Devlin
- Carmel McCallion as Bridget Bond
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Major General Ford
- Nicholas Farrell as Brigadier Maclellan
- Christopher Villiers as Major Steele
- James Hewitt as Colonel Tugwell
- Declan Duddy as Gerry Donaghy
- Edel Frazer as Gerry's girl
- Joanne Lindsay as Mary Donaghy
Crew
- Paul Greengrass - Director
- Paul Greengrass - Screenplay
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