A Prayer for the Dying
- IMDb link: 0093771
- IMDb rating: 6.3 (6,360 votes)
- Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director: Bob Hoskins, Mike Hodges
- Cast: Mickey Rourke, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis and others
- Release date: 11 Sep 1987
- Release year: 1987
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom
- Keywords: time bomb, scene of the crime, bare chested male, male nudity, man forced to strip, cigarette smoking, gun with silencer, catholic church, confession to priest, falling to death
Plot:
Martin Fallon is an I.R.A. bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck, but instead kills a busload of schoolchildren. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and start a new life. The I.R.A. wants him back (he knows too much) and local crime boss Meehan will only help him if he performs one last hit--on a rival crime boss. When Fallon performs the hit, he is seen by a Catholic priest. He refuses to kill an innocent again, and must find a way to escape the police without killing the priest who can identify him.