Shake Hands with the Devil
(1959)

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

Released: 1959-06-24

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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

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Don Murray

as Kerry O'Shea

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Dana Wynter

as Jennifer Curtis

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Glynis Johns

as Kitty Brady

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Michael Redgrave

as The General

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Sybil Thorndike

as Lady Fitzhugh

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Cyril Cusack

as Chris Noonan

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Marianne Benet

as Mary Madigan

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John Breslin

as Timmy McGrath

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Harry Brogan

as Tom Cassidy

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Richard Harris

as Terence O'Brien

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William Hartnell

as Sergeant Jenkins

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John Le Mesurier

as British General

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Niall MacGinnis

as Michael O'Leary

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Clive Morton

as Sir Arnold Fielding

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Noel Purcell

as Liam O'Sullivan

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Peter Reynolds

as 'Black & Tans' Captain

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Walter Gotell

as 'Black & Tans' Sergeant

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