Ein Auftragskiller, wird von einem Priester gesehen, während er einen Anschlag ausführt. Er schließt eine Beziehung zu dem Priester und seiner Nichte. Doch seine Vergangenheit und seine früh... Alles lesenEin Auftragskiller, wird von einem Priester gesehen, während er einen Anschlag ausführt. Er schließt eine Beziehung zu dem Priester und seiner Nichte. Doch seine Vergangenheit und seine früheren Arbeitgeber bringen ihr Leben in Gefahr.Ein Auftragskiller, wird von einem Priester gesehen, während er einen Anschlag ausführt. Er schließt eine Beziehung zu dem Priester und seiner Nichte. Doch seine Vergangenheit und seine früheren Arbeitgeber bringen ihr Leben in Gefahr.
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- WissenswertesDirector Mike Hodges and Mickey Rourke publicly disowned the theatrical cut of this movie.
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Billy Meehan: I do what I fucking want, when I fucking want! I'm Jack Meehan's brother!
- Crazy CreditsThe end credits begin to roll up from behind the amusement park rides on the horizon.
- Alternative VersionenThere's an unknown director's cut for which Mike Hodges originally had John Scott to compose the music. However the producers decided that they didn't like it and hired Bill Conti to redo the music. Also, after watching Hodges' cut, Samuel Goldwyn recut the film for American audience who wanted an action movie. Both Hodges and Mickey Rourke publically disowned the theatrical cut.
- VerbindungenReferenced in Without Walls: Supercrips and Rejects (1996)
This is a dramatic film , well paced , often interesting and never boring ; it's plenty of action , thrills, suspense , a love story and quite entertaining . This picture further afield both in terms of location and theme have not led to the full realization of his potential . Actors make a great job , Rourke sporting a decent Irish character , over-the-top Hopkins in a worthy role and fine performances from Alan Bates and Christopher Fulford as underworld kingpins. Very secondary acting of Anthony Head , subsequently famous as the teacher in Buffy Vampire slayer and Sammi Davis screen debut . The atmosphere is splendidly captured in steely color photography. Very good musical score by Bill Conti who composes a sensible and evocative soundtrack , much better than his Rocky saga . The drama that surrounded this film is all of interest and rarely tiring but small beer at box-office , then Hodges came to a grinding halt for some years . Furthermore , Mike Hodges and Mickey Rourke were not satisfied with terminated movie .
The motion picture is professionally realized by British director Mike Hodges of extraordinarily varied experience . After successful direction for TV thrillers , he encouraged to try for the big screen. He looked set for a solid career in urban drama after the success of his first movie ¨Get Carter¨ . He subsequently realized flops as the comedy ¨Pulp¨ and Sci-Fi as ¨The terminal man¨ and a lunatic farce as ¨Morons from outer space ¨. ¨Flash Gordon¨was his contribution to the big budget super-film until ¨The prayer for the dying¨ with action scenes are sharply , toughly staged , but achieved a limited success ; however being nowadays better deemed. Rating : Good 6,5 . The film will appeal to Mickey Rourke fans and thriller buffs .
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
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- A Prayer for the Dying
- Drehorte
- Canning Town, London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich(St Lukes Church)
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- Budget
- 6.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 1.432.687 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 881.793 $
- 13. Sept. 1987
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 1.432.687 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 47 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1