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A Safe House

19901h 30mMovieDramaHistoryTV Movie

In the aftermath of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings, a large number of people of Irish descent were rounded up for questioning by the police in London. Most were subsequently released. But for the Maguire family, 3 December 1974 was the start of a nightmare that is only now ending.

DirectorMoira Armstrong
WriterBill Morrison
ProducersRobert Cooper·Kevin Jackson

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Cast · Directed by Moira Armstrong

MSMaggie Shevlin
Maggie Shevlin
Annie Maguire
MC
Mia Callow
Maxine
NCNiall Cusack
Niall Cusack
Pat O'Neill
BE
Barry Ewart
DS Hunt
SR
Scott Riley
Patrick Maguire
GO
Gerard O'Hare
Gerry Conlon
JC
James Coyle
Giuseppe Conlon
VA
Victoria Aked
Jean O'Neill
DA
Derek Anders
DCI Munday
AB
Annatt Bass
Anne-Marie Maguire
MD
Michael Dalton
DS Elbourn
CD
Christopher Driscoll
DI Harvey

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