The Informant (1997 film)

Not to be confused with The Informant!.
The Informant
Directed by Jim McBride
Produced by Leon Falk
Morgan O'Sullivan
Ted Swanson
Steven-Charles Jaffe(executive)
Nicholas Meyer(executive)
Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer
Based on Field of Blood 
by Gerald Seymour
Starring Anthony Brophy
Cary Elwes
Timothy Dalton
Music by Shane MacGowan
Cinematography Affonso Beato
Production
company
Release dates
  • September 5, 1997 (1997-09-05)
Running time
105 minutes
Country United States
Ireland
Language English

The Informant is a 1997 cable TV movie produced by Showtime, starring Cary Elwes and Timothy Dalton. It was directed by Jim McBride and written by Nicholas Meyer based upon the book Field of Blood by Gerald Seymour.

Plot

The film tells the story of Sean Pius McAnally "Gingy" (Anthony Brophy) and the journey he makes on his way to becoming a supergrass. Gingy is reluctantly pulled out of retirement in a caravan in the Republic of Ireland by two IRA men who bring him back to Belfast to perform one last job due to his skill with an RPG. On their way back they are stopped by a British Army patrol led by Lt David Ferris who introduces himself to Gingy. Gingy initially refuses the job but realises he has no choice after the Chief of the Belfast Brigade briefs him and threatens him. The job entails the killing of a judge using an RPG, during the getaway the gang smash through a roadblock and one of the soldiers from the previous patrol recognises Gingy from the previous checkpoint.

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