Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

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

  • Genre: Action, Drama
  • Release Date: 1959-06-24
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Troy Films
  • Production Country: Ireland, United States of America
  • Director: Michael Anderson
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From 23 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Richard Harris

    as Terence O'Brien

  • William Hartnell

    as Sergeant Jenkins

  • John Le Mesurier

    as British General

  • Niall MacGinnis

    as Michael O'Leary

  • Ray McAnally

    as Paddy Nolan

  • Patrick McAlinney

    as Donovan

  • Clive Morton

    as Sir Arnold Fielding

  • Noel Purcell

    as Liam O'Sullivan

  • Peter Reynolds

    as 'Black & Tans' Captain

  • Walter Gotell

    as 'Black & Tans' Sergeant

  • Robert Brown

    as First Sergeant 'Black & Tans'

  • Lewis Casson

    as

  • Christopher Casson

    as

  • John Cairney

    as

  • Harry H. Corbett

    as

  • Eileen Crowe

    as

  • Allan Cuthbertson

    as

  • Donal Donnelly

    as

  • Wilfred Downing

    as

  • Eithne Dunne

    as

  • Paul Farrell

    as

  • Christopher Rhodes

    as

  • Ronnie Walsh

    as

  • Alan White

    as

  • Eamonn Andrews

    as

  • Norman Rodway

    as

  • Godfrey Quigley

    as Soldier
Editing Gordon Pilkington Editor
Production Walter Seltzer Executive Producer
Writing Marian Spitzer Adaptation
Directing Michael Anderson Director
Writing Rearden Conner Novel
Sound William Alwyn Original Music Composer
Camera Erwin Hillier Director of Photography
Writing Ben Roberts Writer
Production Michael Anderson Producer
Writing Ivan Goff Writer
Production Robert Lennard Casting
Crew Cliff Richardson Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Joan White Hairstylist
Crew Roy Whybrow Special Effects
Art Thomas N. Morahan Art Direction
Camera Ray Sturgess Camera Operator
Directing Angela Martelli Script Supervisor
Camera Eric Besche Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up Tony Sforzini Makeup Artist
Art Josie MacAvin Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Irene Gilbert Costume Design
Production George Glass Executive Producer
Sound Leonard Bulkley Sound Recordist
Sound J.B. Smith Sound Recordist
Production Bill Kirby Production Supervisor

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