Prayer for the Dying
Prayer for the Dying ★★½ 1987 (R)
An IRA hitman longs to quit, but he has to complete one last assignment. The hit is witnessed by a priest who be comes an unwitting associate when the hitman hides out at the church. Fine per formances from Bates and Rourke, though Hodges and Rourke were not satisfied with finished film. 104m/C VHS, DVD . Mickey Rourke, Alan Bates, Bob Hoskins, Sammi Davis, Liam Neeson, Alison Doody, Christopher Fulford; D: Mike Hodges; W: Edmund Ward, Martin Lynch; M: Bill Conti.
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