Shadow Dancer

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Shadow Dancer

2012

1h 41m

5.9(262 votes)

Thriller

Overview

In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

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34 members

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Andrea Riseborough

Colette McVeigh

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Clive Owen

Mac

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Gillian Anderson

Kate Fletcher

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Aidan Gillen

Gerry

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Domhnall Gleeson

Connor

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Brid Brennan

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David Wilmot

Kevin Mulville

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Stuart Graham

Ian Gilmour

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Martin McCann

Brendan

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Maria Laird

Young Collette

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Barry Barnes

Gerry Senior

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Michael McElhatton

Liam Hughes

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Gary Lydon

Geoff

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Daniel Tatarsky

Watcher

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Tom Bennett

Watcher #2

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Nicholas Asbury

Agent

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Morgan Watkins

MI5 Officer

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Karl Shiels

Mulville's Driver / Gunman

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Mark Huberman

RUC Officer at Hospital

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Ronnie McCann

RUC Constable

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Eoin Murtagh

Louie, Fletcher's Son

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Alan Devine

Social Club Barman

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Ben Smyth

Sean

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Nia Gwynne

Female Watcher

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Cathal Maguire

Mark

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Ian Patterson

News Reporter

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Alan O'Neill

RUC Officer

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David Herlihy

Senior Staff Officer

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Frank Smith

Henderson

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Kate Nic Chonaonaigh

Henderson's Wife

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Lisa Walsh

Brendan's Girlfriend

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Una Carroll

Brendan's Mum

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James Greene

British Soldier (uncredited)

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Anna Elizabeth McGrath

Mourner (uncredited)

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