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Shake Hands with the Devil

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.

1959 |1h 51m |  Action, Drama

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Cast

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James Cagney

Sean Lenihan

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Don Murray

Kerry O'Shea

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Dana Wynter

Jennifer Curtis

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Glynis Johns

Kitty Brady

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Michael Redgrave

The General

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Sybil Thorndike

Lady Fitzhugh

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Cyril Cusack

Chris Noonan

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Marianne Benet

Mary Madigan

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John Breslin

Timmy McGrath

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Harry Brogan

Tom Cassidy

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Richard Harris

Terence O'Brien

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William Hartnell

Sergeant Jenkins

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John Le Mesurier

British General

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Niall MacGinnis

Michael O'Leary

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Ray McAnally

Paddy Nolan

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Clive Morton

Sir Arnold Fielding

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Noel Purcell

Liam O'Sullivan

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Peter Reynolds

'Black & Tans' Captain

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Walter Gotell

'Black & Tans' Sergeant

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Robert Brown

First Sergeant 'Black & Tans'

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Lewis Casson

Judge

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Christopher Casson

Brigadier

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John Cairney

Mike O'Callaghan

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Harry H. Corbett

Clancy

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Eileen Crowe

Mrs. Madigan

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Allan Cuthbertson

Captain

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Donal Donnelly

Willie Lafferty

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Eithne Dunne

Eileen O'Leary

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Paul Farrell

Doyle

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Christopher Rhodes

Colonel Smithson

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Eamonn Andrews

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Norman Rodway

Sergeant at HQ (uncredited)

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Godfrey Quigley

Soldier (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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