The Front Line (2006 film)

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The Front Line
Directed by David Gleeson
Screenplay byDavid Gleeson
Produced byNathalie Lichtenthaeler
Starring
CinematographyVolker Tittel
Edited byStuart Gazzard
Music byPatrick Cassidy
Production
companies
  • Wide Eye Films
  • Philipp Homberg Filmproduktion
  • Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB
  • Picture Farm
Distributed by Buena Vista
Release dates
Running time
93 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

The Front Line is a 2006 Irish crime drama film directed and written by David Gleeson.

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Plot

an African immigrant from the DR Congo working in a bank in Dublin city whose family is kidnapped by a gang of criminals who force him to be the inside man on their robbery of the bank.

Cast

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