Shake Hands with the Devil

Name: Shake Hands with the Devil
Genre: Action, Drama, War, History
Released: 1959-06-24
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 7
Cast: James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Michael Redgrave

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

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Release date

1959-06-24

Country

Ireland, United States

Production

Pennebaker Productions, Troy Films

Genre

Action, Drama, War, History

Budget

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Director

Michael Anderson

Actors

James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike, Cyril Cusack, Marianne Benet, John Breslin, Harry Brogan
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Scenario

Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts

Producer

Michael Anderson, Walter Seltzer, George Glass

Camera operator

Erwin Hillier

Composer

William Alwyn

Artist

Audition

Robert Lennard

Editing

Gordon Pilkington, Bill Kirby
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Short description

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.