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title: 'Before the Devil Knows You''re Dead (2007)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Lumet'
released: '2007-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/before-the-devil-knows-youre-dead-2007'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292963/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

2007 · 117 min · Drama, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a 2007 American crime thriller film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film was written by Kelly Masterson, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney. The title comes from the Irish saying: "May you be in heaven a full half-hour before the devil knows you're dead". The film unfolds in a nonlinear narrative, repeatedly going back and forth in time, with some scenes shown repeatedly from differing points of view. It was the last film Lumet directed before his death in 2011.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet)
- **Screenplay:** [Kelly Masterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-masterson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ron Fortunato](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-fortunato)

## Cast

- [Natalie Gold](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-gold)
- [Lee Wilkof](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-wilkof)
- [Arija Bareikis](https://cinepixo.com/people/arija-bareikis)
- [Rosemary Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemary-harris)
- [Michael Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-shannon)
- [Brían F. O'Byrne](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-f-o-byrne)
- [Ethan Hawke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-hawke)
- [Amy Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-ryan)
- [Adrian Martinez](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-martinez)
- [Leonardo Cimino](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonardo-cimino)
- [Aleksa Palladino](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksa-palladino)
- [Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-seymour-hoffman)
- [Albert Finney](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-finney)
- [Chris Chalk](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-chalk)
- [Marisa Tomei](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-tomei)

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