Ash Wednesday (2002)
Director
Edward Burns
Main cast
Edward Burns; Brian Burns; Vincent Rubino; Jimmy Cummings; Elijah Wood
Genres
Drama, Action, Crime
Description
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
Edward Burns
Main cast
Edward Burns; Brian Burns; Vincent Rubino; Jimmy Cummings; Elijah Wood
Genres
Drama, Action, Crime
Description
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
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