Angel

Angel (released as Danny Boy in the United States) is a 1982 Irish film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Stephen Rea. The film was Neil Jordan's directorial debut, and the executive producer was John Boorman. Premise Danny, a saxophonist with a travelling band, witnesses the gangland murder of the band's manager (involved in extortion payoffs) and that of a deaf and mute girl witness at a dancehall in South Armagh. Danny tries to hunt down the murderers and in doing so his relationship with Deirdre, the singer in his band, falls apart and he becomes a murderer himself. Cast Stephen Rea as Danny Veronica Quilligan as Annie Honor Heffernan as Deirdre Alan Devlin as Bill Peter Caffrey as Ray Gerard McSorley as Assistant Ray McAnally as Bloom Anthony Tyler Quin as Tony Quinn Production The film is set in Northern Ireland and it is implied that the extortionists/murderers are loyalist paramilitaries (one is described as "a Prod" by his Catholic girlfriend; another is a policeman). However, there is little specific reference to the Northern Ireland Troubles.