Hennessy (1975)

Director
Don Sharp

Main cast
Patrick Stewart; Rod Steiger; Lee Remick; Richard Johnson; Trevor Howard

Genres
Thriller, Foreign, Drama, Action

Description
Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.


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