The General

The extraordinary true story of the rise and fall of the gangster, Martin Cahill.

A gritty, morally complex true-crime drama about a Dublin gangster caught between multiple hostile forces, balancing dark humor with the inevitable consequences of a criminal life.

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.