Veronica Guerin

"Why would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin?"

Oct 17 2003 R 1h 38m
Biography, Crime, Drama

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

Plot

Based on a true story, this is about the Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), a reporter for The Sunday Independent, who exposed some of Dublin's most powerful crime barons and drug lords in 1996. But later that year she was gunned down by assasins hired by the same criminal drug lords she exposed.

Written by

Carol Doyle, Mary Agnes Donoghue

Directed by

Joel Schumacher

Cast

Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom, Ireland

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 14 nominations total

Trailers
Cate Blanchett: Veronica Guerin Trailer (2003)
Scores
# of Votes
22,977
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
55
Popularity
NA