Madso's War
Madso's War is a 2010 crime drama TV film about the Irish Mob of Boston.[1]
| Madso's War | |
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 DVD cover art | |
| Screenplay by | Christopher Bertolini |
| Directed by | Walter Hill (as Rob Marcus) |
| Starring | Matthew Marsden Kevin Chapman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Christopher Bertolini, Tommy Lynch, Dana White |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Production companies | MGM Television, Tom Lynch Company |
| Distributor | Spike TV (TV) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (DVD) |
| Budget | $3,000,000 (estimated) |
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The project started off as a backdoor pilot called the War of '04 for Spike TV. It was loosely inspired by the period of chaos in the South Boston underworld after James "Whitey" Bulger fled from the area in the early 1990s.
Plot
Mike "Madso" Madden leads a gang of criminals on the streets of Boston. When an Irish mob boss goes on the lam, Madso and his gang are thrust into a street war, as gangsters and corrupt cops fight it out for control of the mob bosses' fortune.
Cast
- Matthew Marsden as Michael "Madso" Madden
- Kevin Chapman as Gerry Walker
- Harris Yulin as Jim O' Connor
- David Patrick Kelly as Danny Driscoll
- Kelly Overton as Cheryl Keane
- Michael Mulheren as Danny McGrath
- Joel Marsh Garland as Billy
- William Lee Scott as Lep Quinn
- Paul Campbell as Chris Driscoll
- Mircea Monroe as Colleen Lynch
- Billy Lush as Tommie Walker
- Todd Bryant as Ronnie White
- Ian Kerch as Frankie Jamison
- Jerrell Lee as Hector
- Timothy V. Murphy as Kieran Graner (Tim Murphy)
- Judith McIntyre as Mary Madden
References
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