Movie Description
Shake Hands with the Devil
(1959)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Michael Anderson
- Producer : Michael Anderson
- Writer : Ivan Goff,Ben Roberts
- Editor : Gordon Pilkington
- Cast : James Cagney,Don Murray,Dana Wynter,Glynis Johns,Michael Redgrave,Sybil Thorndike,Cyril Cusack,Marianne Benet,John Breslin,Harry Brogan,Richard Harris,William Hartnell,John Le Mesurier,Niall MacGinnis,Ray McAnally,Patrick McAlinney,Clive Morton,Noel Purcell,Peter Reynolds,Walter Gotell,Robert Brown,Lewis Casson,Christopher Casson,John Cairney,Harry H. Corbett,Eileen Crowe,Allan Cuthbertson,Donal Donnelly,Wilfred Downing,Eithne Dunne,Paul Farrell,Christopher Rhodes,Ronnie Walsh,Alan White,Eamonn Andrews,Norman Rodway,Godfrey Quigley
Cast
Sean Lenihan
Kerry O'Shea
Jennifer Curtis
Kitty Brady
The General
Lady Fitzhugh
Chris Noonan
Mary Madigan
Timmy McGrath
Tom Cassidy
Terence O'Brien
Sergeant Jenkins
British General
Michael O'Leary
Paddy Nolan
Donovan
Sir Arnold Fielding
Liam O'Sullivan
'Black & Tans' Captain
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
First Sergeant 'Black & Tans'
Judge
Brigadier
Mike O'Callaghan
Clancy
Mrs. Madigan
Captain
Willie Lafferty
Tommy Connor
Eileen O'Leary
Doyle
Colonel Smithson
Sergeant 'Black & Tans'
Captain Fleming
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sergeant at HQ (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleShake Hands with the Devil
Status Released
Release Information
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1959-06-24
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 51m
Production CompaniesTroy Films,Pennebaker Productions
Genres
- Action
- Drama
- War
- History
