The General
“The extraordinary true story of the rise and fall of the gangster, Martin Cahill.”
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
Merlin Films
Language
en
Status
Released
How The General performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.2M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$204K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Martin Cahill
Brendan Gleeson
Martin Cahill
Noel Curley
Adrian Dunbar
Noel Curley
Gary
Sean McGinley
Gary
Frances
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Frances
Tina
Angeline Ball
Tina
Inspector Ned Kenny
Jon Voight
Inspector Ned Kenny
Jimmy
Eanna MacLiam
Jimmy
Willie Byrne
Tom Murphy
Willie Byrne
Aiden
John Cronin
Aiden
Anthony
Paul Hickey
Anthony
Tommy
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Tommy
Gay
Ned Dennehy
Gay
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