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Shake Hands with the Devil
1959, Jun 24
1h 51m
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Written by
Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
Dana Wynter
Jennifer Curtis
Richard Harris
Terence O'Brien
Paul Farrell
Doyle
John Cairney
Mike O'Callaghan
John Le Mesurier
British General
William Hartnell
Sergeant Jenkins
Don Murray
Kerry O'Shea
James Cagney
Sean Lenihan
Glynis Johns
Kitty Brady
Godfrey Quigley
Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Gotell
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
Cyril Cusack
Chris Noonan
Harry H. Corbett
Clancy
Robert Brown
First Sergeant 'Black & Tans'
Michael Redgrave
The General
Eamonn Andrews
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Reynolds
'Black & Tans' Captain
Allan Cuthbertson
Captain
Noel Purcell
Liam O'Sullivan
Niall MacGinnis
Michael O'Leary
Clive Morton
Sir Arnold Fielding
Ray McAnally
Paddy Nolan
Norman Rodway
Sergeant at HQ (uncredited)
Sybil Thorndike
Lady Fitzhugh
Donal Donnelly
Willie Lafferty
Christopher Rhodes
Colonel Smithson
Marianne Benet
Mary Madigan
John Breslin
Timmy McGrath
Lewis Casson
Judge
Harry Brogan
Tom Cassidy
Eileen Crowe
Mrs. Madigan
Eithne Dunne
Eileen O'Leary
Christopher Casson
Brigadier
Patrick McAlinney
Donovan
Wilfred Downing
Tommy Connor
Ronnie Walsh
Sergeant 'Black & Tans'
Alan White
Captain Fleming
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