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The Devil's Own

By Kevin Jarre, David Aaron Cohen & Vincent Patrick - Film

FilmScreen

Roles

  • Rory Devaney - Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50), Male

About this piece

Rory explains why he is an IRA terrorist

Summary

Frankie McGuire is a IRA terrorist who escapes to NY City. There under the name of Rory Devaney (Brad Pitt), finds a place to stay in the house of an Irish cop, Tom O'Meara (Harrison Ford), who doesn't know who Frankie really is. Frankie tries to buy some weapons from a shady dealer and eventually Tom discovers what is really going on. In this scene Tom has just found some money hidden in the room where Rory is staying and confronts him. Rory tells him why he is doing what he is doing.

Tone

PersuasiveDescriptiveLamentingComplainingFrustrated

Use cases

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