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Confessional

Name: Confessional
Director: Gordon Flemyng
Genre: Action & Adventure
Released: 1989-10-04
Rating: 8
Cast: Robert Lindsay, Keith Carradine, Simon Chandler, Robert Lang, Valentina Yakunina

1989Action & Adventure★ 8.0/10

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Story

Full overview

A secretive terrorist commits crimes to disrupt the peace process between the Irish and the Brits. Both sides want him dead. When he decides to assassinate the Pope and blame it on the U.K., only a musician with a secret past can stop him.

People

Cast

Robert LindsayThomas Kelly

Keith CarradineLiam Devlin

Simon ChandlerFox

Robert LangBrigadier Charles Ferguson

Valentina YakuninaTanya Maslovskaya

Arthur BraussGeneral Maslovsky

David de KeyserProfessor Cherny

Stephen HollandDavey

Helen RappaportMajor Belova

Niall TóibínSean Gallagher

Anthony QuaylePope

Hugo ConlonIrish news presenter

Colum ConveyBilly

Production

Key crew

James MitchellWriter

Gordon FlemyngDirector

Jack HigginsWriter

Gordon FlemyngProducer

Richard EverittProducer

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