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A Prayer for the Dying (1987) [R]

Release Date:
September 11, 1987

Original Title:
A Prayer for the Dying

Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Samuel Goldwyn Company

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 107

Freedom always comes with a price.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.

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Production

Art Direction:
Martyn Hebert

Assistant Accountant:
Yvonne Spence

Assistant Art Director:
Andrew Rothschild

Assistant Location Manager:
Bob Jordan

Assistant Sound Editor:
Rita Ackland-Snow
William Parnell

Associate Producer:
Christabel Albery

Best Boy Electric:
Ossa Mills

Boom Operator:
Ian Munro
Gary Weir

Camera Operator:
Gordon Hayman

Casting Director:
Mary Selway
Debbie McWilliams

Clapper Loader:
John Attwell

Construction Manager:
Andy Evans

Costume Design:
Evangeline Harrison

Dialogue Coach:
Brendan Gunn

Director:
Mike Hodges

Director of Photography:
Michael Garfath

Editor:
Peter Boyle

Electrician:
Stewart Monteith
Billy Merrell
Steve Harvey

First Assistant Director:
Terry Needham

Focus Puller:
Ian Smith

Gaffer:
Ray Potter

Generator Operator:
Alan Grosch

Grip:
Ray Hall
Phil Aylward

Hair Department Head:
Stevie Hall

Location Manager:
Charles Salmon

Makeup Department Head:
Christine Beveridge

Music:
Bill Conti

Music Editor:
Stephen A. Hope

Novel:
Jack Higgins

Producer:
Peter Snell

Production Accountant:
Bernard Spence

Production Coordinator:
Faye Perkins

Production Design:
Evan Hercules

Property Master:
Maxie McDonald

Props:
Gordon Billings

Publicist:
Doreen Landry

Screenplay:
Edmund Ward
Martin Lynch

Script Supervisor:
Diana Dill

Second Assistant Director:
John Lawlor

Sound Editor:
Peter Best

Sound Effects Editor:
Robert Mullen

Sound Re-Recording Assistant:
Dean Humphreys

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Gerry Humphreys
Greg P. Russell
Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Recordist:
Chris Munro
Sandy MacRae

Special Effects:
Ian Scoones

Special Effects Technician:
John Markwell

Standby Carpenter:
Stuart Williams

Still Photographer:
Graham Attwood

Stunt Coordinator:
Colin Skeaping

Stunt Double:
Andy Bradford

Stunts:
Tom Delmar
Martin Grace
Nick Hobbs

Third Assistant Director:
Carol Brock

Transportation Captain:
Joe Drinkeld

Wardrobe Assistant:
Peter Edmonds

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Janet Tebrooke

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