HIDDEN AGENDA - BLU-1990-FRANCES MCDORMAND

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• Release Year: 1991
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Academy Award winner Frances McDormand (Fargo) and Brian Cox (Rob Roy) confront danger and deception at every turn in this 'chilling, explosive' (The New York Times) story set in strife- torn Northern Ireland. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Hidden Agenda is a 'taut political thriller' (The Hollywood Reporter) that 'makes the unthinkable seem all too plausible' (The Washington Post).; ; American activists Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) and his fiance Ingrid Jessner (McDormand) journey to Belfast to probe allegations of brutal human rights abuses by British security forces. When Paul is killed under mysterious circumstances, the official reports list him as an I.R.A. accomplice. But Ingrid and British policeman Paul Kerrigan (Cox) question the findings and begin to uncover a shocking high-level conspiracy. Now, with their safety in jeopardy, they must decide whether to risk everything to reveal the truth.
• Cast: Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling, Bernard Archard, Maureen Bell, John Benfield, Bernard Bloch, Stephen Brigden, Victoria D'Angelo, Kym Dyson, Michelle Fairley, Gerry Fearon, Llew Gardner, Ron Kavana, Patrick Kavanagh, John Keegan, Ivan Little, Oliver Maguire, Des McAleer, Jim McAllister, Brian McCann, John McDonnell, Ian McElhinney, Mandy McIlwaine, Jim Norton, Robert Patterson, Maurice Roëves, Mildred Shay, Kate Smith, George Staines, Terry Woods, Ken Loach, Jim Allen
• Director: Ken Loach
• Runtime: 1:49
• Company: Helmdale Film, Initial (II), MGM / UA
• Media Format: Movie