Movie
Kill the Irishman
Overview
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-03-10
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Anchor Bay Films, Dundee Entertainment, Code Entertainment, Sweet William Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ray Stevenson as Danny Greene
- Vincent D'Onofrio as John Nardi
- Val Kilmer as Joe Manditski
- Christopher Walken as Shondor Birns
- Linda Cardellini as Joan Madigan
- Tony Darrow as Mikey Mendarolo
- Robert Davi as Ray Ferritto
- Fionnula Flanagan as Grace O'Keefe
- Bob Gunton as Jerry Merke
- Jason Butler Harner as Art Sneperger
- Vinnie Jones as Keith Ritson
- Tony Lo Bianco as Jack Licavoli
Crew
- Jonathan Hensleigh - Director
- Jonathan Hensleigh - Screenplay
- Jeremy Walters - Screenplay
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