The Devil’s Own movie storyline. A policeman plays Good Samaritan to a visitor from Ireland, only to discover that he has a potentially deadly secret. Belfast-born Frankie McGuire (Brad Pitt) saw his father gunned down by enemy soldiers at the age of eight, and when he grew up he joined the Irish Republican Army, determined that one day his father’s death would be avenged. An especially ruthless “volunteer,” Frankie is responsible for the death of 13 British soldiers and 11 policemen.
After a particularly bloody battle, Frankie sails to the United States in a ragged tugboat he has restored; with a huge bundle of cash, Frankie intends to buy a stock of Stinger missiles from an underground arms dealer in America, Billy Burke (Treat Williams). Upon arrival in New York, Frankie is met by a judge who is sympathetic to the IRA’s cause and who arranges a place for him to stay.
Using the name Rory Devaney, Frankie moves into the home of Tom O’Meara (Harrison Ford), a scrupulously honest cop. Tom is already in the midst of a personal crisis; his friend and partner Edwin Diaz (Ruben Blades) recently shot a man that he knew was unarmed in the line of duty, and while Edwin wants Tom to help him cover up the matter, Tom’s conscience will not allow it. When Tom begins to realize that “Rory” is not simply a man running from the violence of his homeland, he’s torn between his sympathy for Frankie’s tragic childhood and his desire to see justice served and prevent needless death in Ireland.
The Devil’s Own is a 1997 American thriller film starring Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Rubén Blades, Natascha McElhone, Julia Stiles, and Treat Williams. It was the final film directed by Alan J. Pakula and the final film photographed by Gordon Willis. It revoles around a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (Brad Pitt) comes to the United States in order to obtain anti-aircraft missiles to be used to shoot down British helicopters in Northern Ireland. The plan however, is complicated by an Irish-American policeman (Harrison Ford), whom the IRA member has come to regard as family.
The Devil’s Own (1997)
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Julia Stiles, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Simon Jones, Ashley Carin, Mya Michaels, Jessica Marie Kavanagh
Screenplay by: David Aaron Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Kevin Jarre, Robert Mark Kamen
Production Design by: Jane Musky
Cinematography by: Gordon Willis
Film Editing by: Tom Rolf, Dennis Virkler
Costume Design by: Bernie Pollack
Set Decoration by: Leslie Bloom
Art Direction by: Robert Guerra
Music by: James Horner
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal violence, and for language.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: March 26, 1997
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