Shake Hands with the Devil
A story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns!
1959 · 1h 51m · NOT RATED
Action, Drama, History, War
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Overview
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 by 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.
Director and cast
- Michael Anderson Director
- James Cagney as Sean Lenihan
- Don Murray as Kerry O'Shea
- Dana Wynter as Jennifer Curtis
- Glynis Johns as Kitty Brady
- Michael Redgrave as The General
- Sybil Thorndike as Lady Fitzhugh
- Cyril Cusack as Chris Noonan
- Marianne Benet as Mary Madigan
- John Breslin as Timmy McGrath
- Harry Brogan as Tom Cassidy
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