The General (1998)Stream and Watch Online

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Released May 1st, 1998, 'The General' stars Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Maria Doyle Kennedy The R movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 4 min, and received a user score of 67 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 111 respected users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team."

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