A Prayer for the Dying (1987) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Mike Hodges.

Cast

• Mickey Rourke as Martin Fallon
• Bob Hoskins as Father Michael Da Costa
• Alan Bates as Jack Meehan
• Sammi Davis as Anna
• Christopher Fulford as Billy Meehan
• Liam Neeson as Liam Docherty
• Leonard Termo as Bonati
• Camille Coduri as Jenny Fox
• Alison Doody as Siobhan Donovan
• Maurice O'Connell as Superintendant Miller
• Karl Johnson as Fitzgerald
• Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert
• Ian McElhinney as Lodger
• Peggy Aitchison as Mrs. Orton
• Cliff Burnett as Fred Varley
• Mark Lambert as Ainsley
• Ian Bartholomew as Kristou
• George Shane as O'Connor
• Ken Sharrock as Gaskin, Special Branch Man
• James Saxon as Ellerman
• Alan Talbot as Barman
• Mark Monero as Boy
• David Lumsden as Lance
• Stanley Beard as Krasko
• Dave Duffy as Publican
• Peter Needham as Cemetery Superintendent
• Robert Hamilton as Husband
• Margaret Wade as Wife
• Norman Warwick as Priest

Crew

• Jack Higgins — Novel
• Mike Hodges — Director
• Edmund Ward — Screenplay
• Martin Lynch — Screenplay
• Peter Snell — Producer
• Michael Garfath — Director of Photography

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