Road to Perdition is the story of a man on the road to redemption as well as perdition. Michael Sullivan Sr. (Tom Hanks) is the enforcer for John Rooney (Paul Newman), who heads up an Irish-American organized crime syndicate. Unfortunately for Sullivan on one of his assignments for Rooney, his son Michael Jr. finds his way to the scene of the enforcing and becomes a witness to the crime syndicate's activities. Sullivan is forced to choose between Rooney, who has become like his father, and his son and embarks on a bittersweet journey to escape from the clutches of the life that he has lived. On their journey they attempt to gain freedom from the mob and also to escape a killer sent to track them down named Harlen Maguire (Jude Law) Sullivan's only hope on the road to Perdition, Illinois is that his son will not follow in the footsteps of his father.
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Tom Hanks | Michael Sullivan |
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Stanley Tucci | Frank Nitti |
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Jude Law | Maguire |
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Ciarán Hinds | Finn McGovern |
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Daniel Craig | Connor Rooney |
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Dylan Baker | Alexander Rance |
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Jennifer Jason Leigh | Annie Sullivan |
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Paul Newman | John Rooney |
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Christian Stolte | Rooney's Business Associate |
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Kevin Chamberlin | Frank the Bouncer |
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Harry Groener | Mr. McDougal |
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Tyler Hoechlin | Michael Sullivan Jr. |
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Liam Aiken | Peter Sullivan |
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Peggy Roeder | Farmer Virginia |
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David Darlow | Jack Kelly |
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Ed Kross | Young Bank Manager |
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James Greene | Farmer Bill |
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Doug Spinuzza | Calvino |
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Kurt Naebig | Tenement Murderer |
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Michael Sassone | Motel Manager |
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John Judd | Rooney's Business Associate |
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JoBe Cerny | Banker |
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Keith Kupferer | Nitti's Henchman |
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Ian Barford | Rooney's Henchman |
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Mina Badie | Betty the Waitress |
| Director | Sam Mendes |
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| Writer | Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner, David Self | |
| Producer | Joan Bradshaw, Tara B. Cook, Cherylanne Martin, Sam Mendes, Walter F. Parkes, Dean Zanuck, Richard D. Zanuck | |
| Musician | Thomas Newman | |
| Photography | Conrad L. Hall | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Regions | Region 2 |