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7.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 143 Ratings

The Guard

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 29, 2011

Summary: The Guard is a comedic, fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption, and the two cops who must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang, an unorthodox Irish policeman and a straitlaced FBI agent.(Sony Picture Classics)

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Runtime:	96 min
Rating:	Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content.
Official Site:	http://www.sonyclassics.com/theguard/
Production:	Crescendo Productions
Genres:	Thriller, Comedy
Country:	Ireland
Languages:	English, Gaelic
Home Release Date:	Jan 3, 2012

Director	Credit
John Michael McDonagh	Director

Writer	Credit
John Michael McDonagh	Writer

Cast	Credit
Brendan Gleeson	Sergeant Gerry Boyle
Darren Healy	Jimmy Moody
David Wilmot	Liam O'Leary
Dominique McElligott	Aoife O'Carroll
Don Cheadle	FBI Agent Wendell Everett
Fionnula Flanagan	Eileen Boyle
Gary Lydon	Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton
Katarina Cas	Gabriela McBride
Laurence Kinlan	Photographer
Liam Cunningham	Francis Sheehy
Mark Strong	Clive Cornell
Michael Og Lane	Eugene Moloney
Pat Shortt	Colum Hennessey
Rory Keenan	Garda Aidan McBride
Sarah Greene	Sinead Mulligan

Producer	Credit
Andrew Lowe	Producer
Chris Clark	Producer
David Nash	Executive Producer
Don Cheadle	Executive Producer
Ed Guiney	Producer
Elizabeth Eves	Associate Producer
Flora Fernandez-Marengo	Producer
Lee Magiday	Associate Producer
Lenore Zerman	Executive Producer
Martin McDonagh	Executive Producer
Paul Brett	Executive Producer
Paul Myler	Line Producer
Ralph Kamp	Executive Producer
Tim Smith	Executive Producer