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Anne Devlin is a film of genre Drama directed by Pat Murphy with Bríd Brennan
Anne Devlin (1984)
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Add to a movie listAnne Devlin is a 1984 Irish drama film directed by Pat Murphy. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
Actors
Bríd Brennan
(Anne Devlin)
Bosco Hogan
(Robert Emmet)
David Kelly
(Dr Trevor)
Ian McElhinney
(Maj. Sirr)
John Cowley
(Devlin)
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