Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

A story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns!

NR 1959 · 111 min · ★ 6.5 · Action, Drama, War, History

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.

Directed by Michael Anderson · Written by Ben Roberts

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James Cagney Sean Lenihan
Don Murray Kerry O'Shea
Dana Wynter Jennifer Curtis
Glynis Johns Kitty Brady
Michael Redgrave The General
Sybil Thorndike Lady Fitzhugh
Cyril Cusack Chris Noonan
Marianne Benet Mary Madigan
John Breslin Timmy McGrath
Harry Brogan Tom Cassidy
Richard Harris Terence O'Brien
William Hartnell Sergeant Jenkins

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