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22 August 1975 (West Germany)
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The Most Intensive Manhunt Ever Mounted!
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Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rod Steiger | ... | Niall Hennessy |
 | Lee Remick | ... | Kate Brooke |
| Richard Johnson | ... | Insp. Hollis |
| Trevor Howard | ... | Cmdr. Rice |
| Peter Egan | ... | Williams |
| Eric Porter | ... | Tobin |
| Ian Hogg | ... | Gerry |
| Stanley Lebor | ... | Hawk |
| John Hallam | ... | Boyle |
 | Patrick Stewart | ... | Tilney |
| David Collings | ... | Covey |
| John Shrapnel | ... | Tipaldi |
| Hugh Moxey | ... | Burgess (M.P.) |
| Margery Mason | ... | Housekeeper |
| Paul Brennan | ... | Maguire |
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103 min
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Australia:PG |
Iceland:16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Finland:K-16 |
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The first film of Patrick Stewart
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Referenced in The Starlets (1977)
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I first saw this film at the cinema when it was released in 1975. I got the shock of my life when I saw myself in the newsreel film over the opening credits. In 1969, 1971 and 1972 I had served tours in Belfast with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, and it is film of the Winter 1971/Spring 1972 tour that opens Hennessy.
The first few scenes of the street rioting, the armoured "pigs", the equipment of the squaddies and the visceral hatred shown by the rioters was scarily authentic, unfortunately the accents of some of the "Irish" characters wasn't. With such heavyweights as Rod Steiger and Trevor Howard, the film should have received more support- perhaps the distributors were concerned about the politics. A brave film for daring to confront "The Troubles" and a good "yarn" as well.