Veronica Guerin

Veronica Guerin

98 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | July 11, 2003

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

Veronica Guerin

98 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | July 11, 2003

Veronica Guerin
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Touchstone Pictures
Original title Veronica Guerin
Directors Jean Bourne, Joel Schumacher
Writers Mary Agnes Donoghue, Carol Doyle

Cast

Cate Blanchett

as Veronica Guerin

Gerard McSorley

as John Gilligan

CiarĂ¡n Hinds

as John Traynor

Brenda Fricker

as Bernie Guerin

Don Wycherley

as Chris Mulligan

Barry Barnes

as Graham Turley

Simon O'Driscoll

as Cathal Turley

Paul Ronan

as Jimmy Guerin

Gerry O'Brien

as Martin Cahill

Emmet Bergin

as Aengus Fanning

Charlotte Bradley

as Anne Harris

Mark Lambert

as Willie Kealy

Garrett Keogh

as Tony Gregory

Maria McDermottroe

as Geraldine Gilligan

Paudge Behan

as Brian Meehan

Joe Hanley

as Eugene 'Dutchie' Holland

David Murray

as Charles Bowden

Karl Shiels

as Gilligan Gang Member #1

Barry McEvoy

as Gilligan Gang Member #2

Gina Costigan

as Traynor's Girlfriend

Alan Devine

as Gerry Hutch

Gabrielle Reidy

as Frances Cahill

Paul Roe

as Tommy Mullen

David Herlihy

as Peter 'Fatso' Mitchell

Darragh Kelly

as Terry Fagan

Laurence Kinlan

as Timmy (14-year-old Junkie)

Ned Dennehy

as Jamey the Tout

Colin Farrell

as Tattooed Boy