A prayer for the dying / The Samuel Goldwyn Company presents, a Peter Snell production ; directed by Mike Hodges.

Show other versions (1)

As a school bus merrily speeds past an army caravan, it suddenly explodes. Stunned and horrified Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) flees. He had planted the bomb for soldiers, not to kill innocent children. Now, Fallon seeks to escape his violent life against all odds.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Samuel Goldwyn Co (Film producer, Film distributor)
MGM Home Entertainment Inc (film publisher.)
Other Authors: Snell, Peter, 1941- (Film producer)
Hodges, Mike (Film director)
Ward, Edmund, 1928-1993 (Screenwriter)
Lynch, Martin (Screenwriter)
Rourke, Mickey (Actor)
Hoskins, Bob (Actor)
Bates, Alan, 1934-2003 (Actor)
Conti, Bill (Musical director)
Higgins, Jack, 1929-2022
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English: stereo surround, Spanish: mono. English, French and Spanish language subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Santa Monica, California] : MGM Home Entertainment, [2003]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Ireland > Drama.
Political violence > Drama.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Political violence.
Terrorism.
Ireland.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
As a school bus merrily speeds past an army caravan, it suddenly explodes. Stunned and horrified Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) flees. He had planted the bomb for soldiers, not to kill innocent children. Now, Fallon seeks to escape his violent life against all odds.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Special features: original theatrical trailer.
Based on the novel by Jack Higgins.
Call Number:AN9 D0021920 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:0792854691
9780792854692
Credits:Screenplay by Edmund Ward and Martin Lynch ; music by Bill Conti.
System Details:DVD, widescreen (1.85:1), Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates.