An orphan from the tough streets of Cleveland, Irish Danny Greene rises from working longshoreman to union leader and mafia ally. Forced out of the union by the feds, Danny starts anew as an enforcer for loan shark Shondor Birns, while still maintaining influence with mob boss John Nardi. With Detective Joe Manditski in pursuit, Danny rapidly acquires his own power and places himself at odds with the Italians, who find him to be a very difficult man to kill. What follows is a bloody war that breaks out on the streets of Cleveland and gives it the name of “Bomb City, U.S.A.” Based on a true story, The Irishman is the saga of one man who embodied the Irish warrior mentality with a mixture of pride, brutality, ambition, and principle, as he became a central figure in the 70s mob war that forever changed organized crime in America.
| Original title: | Kill the Irishman |
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| Director: | Jonathan Hensleigh |
| Cast: | Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio |
| Production year: | 2010 |
| Genre: | Biography, Crime, Thriller |
| Runtime: | 1h, 46m |
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