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The Guard (2011)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 25,753 users
Metascore:
78/100
Reviews: 97 user | 214 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. Director:John Michael McDonagh |
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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Ronan Collins | ... |
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Paraic Nialand | ... |
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John Patrick Beirne | ... |
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Liam O'Conghaile | ... |
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Christopher Kilmartin | ... |
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Sergeant Gerry Boyle
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Rory Keenan | ... |
Garda Aidan McBride
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Declan Mannlen | ... |
James McCormick
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Michael Og Lane | ... |
Eugene Moloney
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Francis Sheehy-Skelfington
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Owen Sharpe | ... |
Billy Devaney
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Eileen Boyle
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Doctor Oleyuwo
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Storyline
Sergeant Gerry Boyle is a small-town Irish cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought straight-laced FBI agent Wendell Everett to his door. Written by Element Pictures
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Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
IrelandRelease Date:
(Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
A guardista See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$76,834 (USA) (31 July 2011) (4 Screens)Gross:
$5,359,774 (USA) (5 February 2012)Company Credits
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Runtime:
Germany:Sound Mix:
Dolby DigitalColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Trivia
The "Fat Man" who Sergeant Boyle quotes in the bar is Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon. See more »Goofs
Continuity: (00:03:30) When Sergeant Gerry Boyle is first meeting Garda Aidan McBride at the murder scene, he stops his police car while the windshield wipers are up. In the immediate next shoot they are down. See more »Quotes
Sergeant Gerry Boyle: Listen, something's come up, and I'm not just talking about my cock.See more »
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