Protege suitcase11/13/2022 ![]() Burke is uncowed and demands that Frankie pay him for the missiles, revealing that he has Sean as a hostage. He confronts Burke for ordering the attack and shoots one of his men in the knee. As police sirens approach, the intruders decide to leave the men and make their escape.įrankie leaves and proceeds to a bar that Burke owns. Just then, Frankie arrives and tries to help Tom, but the intruders have guns and force Frankie and Tom to stop resisting. As Tom fights the intruders, Sheila rushes to call 911. After a meal where Tom tells Sheila about his decision, the two of them drive home only to be confronted by masked intruders. Torn between his duty to protect his partner and his moral obligation to tell the truth, Tom decides to retire from the force. Meanwhile, Tom's partner, Eddie Diaz, fatally shoots an unarmed thief in the back as he runs away. Megan later calls Frankie to warn him that MacDuff was killed by British authorities and that they must postpone the deal. Judge Fitzsimmons obtains the money from his usual connections and has Megan Doherty, another IRA operative posing as his family's nanny, deliver it to Frankie. Frankie meets with black market arms dealer and Irish mobster Billy Burke, and they cut a deal to exchange the missiles for payment in six to eight weeks. Before long, Sean acquires an old fishing boat for him and Frankie to smuggle the missiles. Meanwhile, Sean also arrives in New York City and meets up with Frankie. Thinking that "Rory" is an Irish immigrant who needs a place to live while he finds work, the O'Meara family warmly welcome Frankie into their household and he soon becomes a trusted member of the family. American Judge Peter Fitzsimmons, a longtime supporter of the IRA, provides him with a temporary job as a construction worker and arranges for him to stay with NYPD Sergeant Tom O'Meara, his wife Sheila, and their three daughters on Staten Island. Frankie's commander Martin MacDuff, seeing a British Army helicopter circling above, decides that the IRA needs Stinger missiles to fight back.įrankie soon travels to New York City with an alias of "Rory Devaney" to buy these missiles. One gunman is killed and another, Desmond, is mortally wounded Frankie and his close friend Sean Phelan flee. Twenty years later in Belfast, Frankie and three other IRA members engage in a shootout with the British Army and undercover agents from the Special Reconnaissance Unit. ( September 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭuring the year 1972, eight-year-old Frankie McGuire witnesses a masked man shoot his father dead for Irish republican sympathies. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. ![]()
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