Macushla (film)

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Macushla (also called Unauthorised Road) is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Liam Gaffney, Pamela Wood and Jimmy Mageean. [1] The plot concerns a crackdown on an arms smuggling operation across the Northern Irish border.

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  1. BFI.org