Taffin

Taffin
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Directed by	Francis Megahy
Written by	Lyndon Mallet (book) David Ambrose
Produced by	Peter Shaw
Starring	Pierce Brosnan Ray McAnally Alison Doody
Cinematography	Paul Beeson
Edited by	Peter Tanner
Music by	Stanley Myers Hans Zimmer
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	February 26, 1988
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Ireland
Languages	Gaelic English

Taffin is a 1988 Irish thriller film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role of Mark Taffin. It also featured Ray McAnally, Alison Doody and Jeremy Child.

Plot

The plot concerns Taffin and his methods of executing justice, in order to save a local park in the town of Ballymoran.

An Irish tough-guy debt collector is asked by his local community to help rid the town of developers bent on building a chemical plant on the outskirts of town. The developers are ruthless and have sent their heavies into town to keep the locals quiet.

Production

Taffin was filmed in County Wicklow in Ireland in 1987 and 1988.

Issues arose between the author Lyndon Mallet and the production company surrounding the casting of Pierce Brosnan in the role of Mark Taffin. This was due to the actual nature of the character in the book. In the book, Mark Taffin was never a handsome man; he was decidedly overweight and very unattractive, a very different image to that portrayed by Brosnan. THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HEEEEEEEEERRRRRREEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cast

• Pierce Brosnan - Taffin
• Ray McAnally - O'Rourke
• Alison Doody - Charlotte
• Jeremy Child - Martin
• Dearbhla Molloy - Mrs. Martin
• Jim Bartley - Conway
• Alan Stanford - Sprawley
• Gerard McSorley - Ed
• Patrick Bergin - Mo Taffin
• Britta Smith - Mrs. Taffin
• Jonathan Ryan - Gibson
• Liz Lloyd - Valerie Gibson
• Ronan Wilmot - Deacon
• Liam O'Callaghan - Henderson
• Frank Kelly - Liam
• Dermot Morgan - Micky Guest

External links

• Taffin at IMDb