The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

★ 6.4IMDb Score
Released:2006-12-11
Duration:167 min
Director:Robert De Niro
Actors:Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, William Hurt
Production:Universal Pictures, Morgan Creek Entertainment, Tribeca Productions, American Zoetrope

Overview:

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.

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