George Shane

George Shane Trailers

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George Shane was a Northern Irish actor of stage and screen. His film credits included A Prayer for the Dying, An Everlasting Piece, and Closing the Ring. He died in Derry on 9th March, 2016 at the age of 71.

Most Popular George Shane Trailers

Total trailers found: 23

Wilderness Trailer (2006)

11 August 2006

Juvenile delinquents are sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoner's death, where they must fight for survival.

Cal Trailer (1984)

24 August 1984

Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.

A Coming to Terms for Billy Trailer (1984)

21 February 1984

Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis.

A Prayer for the Dying Trailer (1987)

11 September 1987

Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece.

Shoot to Kill Trailer (1990)

03 June 1990

Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), allegedly without warning (the so-called shoot-to-kill policy); the organised fabrication of false accounts of the events; and the difficulties created for the inquiry team in their investigation.

Love Lies Bleeding Trailer (1993)

14 June 1993

Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole and uses the time to search for his girlfriend Leyla’s killer.

Lorna Trailer (1987)

02 June 1987

In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy.

Beyond Reason Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Drama based on a real-life story of a love affair between a married army captain and a young female soldier.

Shergar Trailer (1986)

23 March 1986

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action.

Chinese Whispers Trailer (1989)

02 August 1989

Kenny's work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital isn't just a job, it's a vocation. His special group of patients are his friends - his only friends.

Closing the Ring Trailer (2007)

14 September 2007

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy.

Resurrection Man Trailer (1998)

13 February 1998

Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them.

Maeve Trailer (1981)

02 September 1981

Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.

Life After Life Trailer (1995)

02 April 1995

Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists.

The Boxer Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

It's 1975 in Belfast. Jimmy Doherty returns to his home town just having lost a boxing match in Dublin, where he has been living.

You, Me & Marley Trailer (1992)

30 September 1992

A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom steal cars and joyride around the city, causing havoc among the nearby Protestants and local Irish Republican Army members, all of who are outraged by the youths' nihilism.

Acceptable Levels Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to the family, has been hit by a stray plastic bullet fired by a British soldier – a version of events contested by the army.

Crossfire Trailer (1988)

15 March 1988

A police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole.

Holy Cross Trailer (2003)

10 October 2003

Violence erupts in north Belfast when the residents of Glenbyrn, a predominantly Protestant suburb, object to schoolgirls walking through their neighbourhood from the Catholic area of Ardoyne to the Holy Cross primary school.

An Everlasting Piece Trailer (2000)

22 December 2000

Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business partners.

The Legion Hall Bombing Trailer (1978)

22 August 1978

The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976.

Pigs Trailer (1984)

28 September 1984

A group of unemployed and marginalised souls eke out a meagre living by drawing welfare and occupying a derelict squat in an apocalyptic inner city Dublin.

The Last Window Cleaner Trailer (1979)

13 February 1979

When DC Denis Deacey finds himself surprisingly transferred to Belfast he gets digs in a most unusual boarding house called The Crumlin View where no one is what they seem and everyone has been living with 'the troubles' for far too long.