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The Departed
- Release date
- 5 October 2006
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 on TMDB
EnglishDramaThrillerCrime
The Departed released on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday, 5 October 2006.
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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Cast
Leonardo DiCaprioBilly
Matt DamonColin
Jack NicholsonCostello
Mark WahlbergDignam
Martin SheenQueenan
Ray WinstoneMr. French
Vera FarmigaMadolyn
Anthony AndersonBrown
Cast and portraits from TMDB.
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