--- title: 'The General (1998)' type: 'film' director: 'John Boorman' released: '1998-05-29' runtime_minutes: 124 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'Ireland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-general-1998' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120706/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The General (1998) 1998 · 124 min · Drama, History, Crime · United Kingdom, Ireland ## Synopsis The General is a 1998 crime film written and directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who undertook several daring heists in the early 1980s and attracted the attention of the Garda Síochána, Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). The film was shot in 1997 and released in 1998. Brendan Gleeson plays Cahill, Adrian Dunbar plays his friend Noel Curley, and Jon Voight plays Inspector Ned Kenny. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Boorman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-boorman) - **Screenplay:** [John Boorman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-boorman) - **Producer:** [John Boorman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-boorman) - **Original Music Composer:** [Richie Buckley](https://cinepixo.com/people/richie-buckley) - **Director of Photography:** [Seamus Deasy](https://cinepixo.com/people/seamus-deasy) - **Editor:** [Ron Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-davis) ## Cast - [Jon Voight](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-voight) as Inspector Ned Kenny - [Maria Doyle Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-doyle-kennedy) as Frances - [Jim Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-sheridan) - [David Wilmot](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-wilmot) - [Brendan Gleeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-gleeson) as Martin Cahill - [Angeline Ball](https://cinepixo.com/people/angeline-ball) as Tina - [Brendan Coyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-coyle) - [Seán McGinley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcginley) as Gary - [Adrian Dunbar](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-dunbar) as Noel Curley ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-general-1998 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1193842); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.