Shake Hands with the Devil
A story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns!
1959-06-24 | 111 minutes
Plot 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.
Cast
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James CagneySean Lenihan
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Don MurrayKerry O'Shea
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Dana WynterJennifer Curtis
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Glynis JohnsKitty Brady
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Michael RedgraveThe General
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Sybil ThorndikeLady Fitzhugh
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Cyril CusackChris Noonan
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Marianne BenetMary Madigan
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John BreslinTimmy McGrath
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Harry BroganTom Cassidy
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Richard HarrisTerence O'Brien
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William HartnellSergeant Jenkins
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John Le MesurierBritish General
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Niall MacGinnisMichael O'Leary
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Ray McAnallyPaddy Nolan
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Clive MortonSir Arnold Fielding
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Noel PurcellLiam O'Sullivan
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Peter Reynolds'Black & Tans' Captain
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Walter Gotell'Black & Tans' Sergeant
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