When the Sky Falls

When the Sky Falls

107 mins | Drama | June 26, 2000

Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite trying to step outside of the normal bounds. Kevin McNally plays her husband, who hates her activities and the danger in which she places herself. Nonetheless, he grudgingly admires her persistence and encourages her investigation.

When the Sky Falls

107 mins | Drama | June 26, 2000

When the Sky Falls
Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite trying to step outside of the normal bounds. Kevin McNally plays her husband, who hates her activities and the danger in which she places herself. Nonetheless, he grudgingly admires her persistence and encourages her investigation.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers
Original title When the Sky Falls
Directors John Mackenzie
Writers

Cast

Joan Allen

as Sinead Hamilton

Patrick Bergin

as Mackey

Pete Postlethwaite

as Martin Shaughnessy

Liam Cunningham

as John Cosgrave

Kevin McNally

as Tom Hamilton

Karl Argue

as Smokey

Jimmy Smallhorne

as Mickey O'Fagan

Gerard Mannix Flynn

as Dave Hackett

Danny O'Carroll

as Shaughnessy's Son

Sue Moore

as Nightclub Raver