It is based on the 1958 novel the league of gentlemen by john boland and adapted by bryan forbes, who also starred in the film. The rest of the ira agrees, and soon the gentle gunman is branded a traitor and a price is placed on his head. This small gem of a thriller is set in the ambiguous battleground of northern ireland during world war two, where a hotheaded young irish patriot i. The gentle gunman is an attempt at being an anti violence movie, one with a gentle pro british slant from that most british of film studios, ealing. The gentle gunman 1952 the gentle gunman 1952 user. Directed by basil dearden and adapted to screenplay from his own play by roger macdougal, the gentle gunman finds john mills and dirk bogarde as brothers in the ira circa 1941. Unfortunately its tonally all over the place, awash with a mixed bunch of characters that range from apparent comic relief, to rabid irish terrorists and a. A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the congo. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. A toughasnails exspecial forces soldier is trying to get reconnected to his former love interest and a normal life, but big troubles are on his trail. Casey goes undercover looking for the accompliace of a man shot in an armed robbery. Peter tanner, basil dean, michael relph, roger macdougall.
The gunman is a serviceable action thriller that will mostly apply to fans of the soobviously aging sean penn. Terry is an activist in the ira whos become disillusioned with the armys violent methods. Winner social awareness award silver state film festival 2018 official selection. A military contractor goes on the run from africa to. Unfortunately its tonally all over the place, awash with a mixed bunch of characters that range from apparent comic relief, to rabid irish terrorists and a town crier like british bigot. The films chief faultline runs straight down the central character of the gentle gunman himself. Much shooting and precious little else as a rippedandtanned exhitman sean penn revisits his guilty past. Gunman chronicles, a 2000 computer game by rewolf software. The gunman, an american thriller film directed by pierre morel. The gentle gunman 1952 in london, terence sullivan john mills, a longtime gunman for the irish republican army, has started questioning his loyalty to the cause, which disturbs his younger. And to try and understand their motivations in any other way opens you to charges of being an apologist for terrorism. The gunman 2015,the best action movie the gunman is a 2015 french american action thriller film directed by pierre morel and written by. The film opened at the new victoria and dominion cinemas in london on 18 march 1956 before rolling out nationwide. This article is within the scope of wikiproject northern ireland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of northern ireland on wikipedia.
One of the last ealing comedies has benny hill making his screen debut. Terrance sullivan is a member of the ira and has moved to london, along with his brother and a group of ira members, to wreak havock on london. A man called intrepid 3 disc series air cadet 0815 3 disc. The gentle gunman 1952 basil dearden, michael relph. Rent the gunman 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Stub this article has been rated as stubclass on the projects quality scale.
Collins the gunman, a song by cher from its a mans world, 1995. Its at times almost painful to watch the man fall apart as the film moves through. In his first starring role in a few years, sean penn plays a reformed mercenary trying to redeem himself in the latest from taken director pierre morel. The film retains a certain theatrical artificiality, notably in the last scenes, and the insistence on action has itself resulted in a scrappy organisation of the material and in a dissipation and. The story is quite interesting, and its not restricted to the british and irish audiences, since in its essence, manages to deal with universal kinds of conflicts. Please subscribe if you liked the film and want to see more. The gunman isnt the worst action film that you will see this yearyou will be lucky if you remember anything about it a couple of weeks after seeing itbut in its waste of a gifted cast good actors like bardem, rylance, winstone, elba and trinca have been brought together and then given nothing of interest to do, a normally effective. Matt bogarde is the young and hungry in the name of the cause brother, terence mills has grown tired of the violence and questions the iras methods. The gentle gunman 1952 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the gentle gunman near you. In london, terence sullivan john mills, a longtime gunman for the irish republican army, has started questioning his loyalty to the cause, which disturbs. However terrance becomes weary of the constant violence and refuses duirect orders to blow up a railway station. An ealing production, this stiff, overplotted tale of ira internal feuding, shot in spurious noir style, nevertheless betrays interesting.
Satisfactory quality of image and sound for an important film that involves names such as basil dearden, dirk bogarde and john mills. The gunman, an american western film directed by lewis d. There are better ways of getting what you want, he tells younger brother matt, than at the point of a gun. It stars penn along with javier bardem, idris elba, mark rylance, jasmine trinca and ray winstone. Within this context the gentle gunman seems soberly neutral. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. The film is based on a 1950 play by roger macdougall that was televised by the bbc in september 1950.
Returning to the congo years later, he becomes the target of a. The gentle gunman ist ein 1952 in england gedrehter schwarzwei. The gentle gunman is a blackandwhite 1952 ealing studios drama film, directed by basil dearden and starring john mills and dirk bogarde. In 1959, the british film academy voted sapphire the best british. Satisfactory quality of image and sound for an important film that involves names such as basil dearden, dirk.
Rent the gunman 2015 starring sean penn and javier bardem on dvd and bluray. The gentle gunman is a blackandwhite 1952 ealing studios drama film, directed by basil. Terriers successful kill shot forces him into hiding. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. He is suffering from ptsd resulting from his horrible experiences in war, but now an elite and secretive agency he once worked for wants him dead. The gentle gunman 1952 basil dearden, john mills, dirk. The league of gentlemen is a 1960 british criminal comedy film directed by basil dearden and starring jack hawkins, nigel patrick, roger livesey, and richard attenborough. Sean penn plays a gunmanamong a very boring movie about people trying to kill a gunman. With sean penn, idris elba, jasmine trinca, javier bardem. The gentle gunman 1952, directed by basil dearden film.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Find similar and related movies for the gentle gunman 1952 basil dearden, michael relph on allmovie. The gunman is a 2015 action thriller film directed by pierre morel and written by don macpherson, pete travis and sean penn, based on the novel the prone gunman french title. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Based on the stage play by roger macdougall, gentle gunman was seldom seen once the troubles were resparked in the ireland of the 1960s. The gentle gunman 1952 basil dearden, john mills, dirk bogarde, robert beatty january 19, 2020 i.