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Cal( 1984)

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Overview

Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Lynch

      Cal

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      Helen Mirren

      Marcella

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      Donal McCann

      Shamie

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      Ray McAnally

      Cyril Dunlop

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      John Kavanagh

      Skeffington

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      Stevan Rimkus

      Crilly

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      Catherine Gibson

      Mrs Morton

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      Louis Rolston

      Dermot Ryan

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      Tom Hickey

      Preacher

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      Gerard Mannix Flynn

      Arty

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      Seamus Forde

      Mr Morton

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      Edward Byrne

      Skeffington Snr

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      J.J. Murphy

      Man in Library

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      Audrey Johnson

      Lucy

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      Brian Munn

      Robert Morton

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      Daragh O'Malley

      Scarfaced Policeman

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      George Shane

      Second Policeman

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      Julia Dearden

      Shop Assistant

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      Yvonne Adams

      Neighbour

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      Laurence Foster

      Soldier at Roadblock

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      Scott Fredericks

      Soldier at Farm

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      Gerard O'Hagan

      Soldier at Farm

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jun 14 2025
    Catholic “Cal” (John Lynch) lives with his father (Donal McCann) in an overwhelmingly Protestant area under constant threat of being burned out. They are determined not to be forced from their home, even when things turn violent, but this isn’t the young man’s only exposure to thuggery. He has been a driver for Republican hit-man “Crilly” (Stevan Rimkus) and his boss “Skeffington” (John Kavanagh) and that has left him with a dark secret to keep as well as a reluctance to join their crusade. Meantime, he has taken a bit of a shine to widowed local librarian “Marcella” (Helen Mirren) who lives ou...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • 1970s
    • ira (irish republican army)
    • ireland
    • guilt
    • belfast, north ireland
    • older woman younger man relationship
    • irish