Departed, The

Action, Deckare, Thriller

Leonardo DiCaprio	Billy Costigan
Matt Damon	Colin Sullivan
Jack Nicholson	Frank Costello
Mark Wahlberg	Dignam
Martin Sheen	Oliver Queenan
Ray Winstone	Mr. French
Vera Farmiga	Madolyn
Anthony Anderson	Brown
Alec Baldwin	Ellerby
Kevin Corrigan	Cousin Sean

Regissör	Martin Scorsese
Producent	Brad Grey; Doug Davison
Manusförfattare	William Monahan; Siu Fai Mak
Fotograf	Michael Ballhaus
Kompositör	Howard Shore

Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) heads a local organised crime unit in Boston. In order to gain inside information about the police actions, he infiltrates a few of his trusted comrades into the police force through police academy. One of them is Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) who quickly rises to powerful position in police force with his wit. On the other hand, the police chief Oliver Queenan (Martin Sheen) has played the same game on Costello by putting one of his shrewd officer, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio), in the gang. Billy gains the confidence of Costello and soon becomes his left hand. Both Billy and Colin live a dangerous life gathering and transfering the information about plans of the agency they penetrated. Soon it becomes clear to both the parties that there is a mole amongst them. This leads to a cat-and-mouse game where both the groups desparately seek to identify the mole amongst them, leading to ample bloodshed.