Shake Hands with the Devil
movie
A story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns!
Released June 24, 1959
Overview
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
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
Crew
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Gordon Pilkington
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Editor
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Walter Seltzer
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Executive Producer
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Marian Spitzer
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Adaptation
Michael Anderson
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Director
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Rearden Conner
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Novel
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William Alwyn
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Original Music Composer
Erwin Hillier
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Director of Photography
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Ben Roberts
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Writer
Michael Anderson
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Producer
Ivan Goff
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Writer
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Robert Lennard
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Casting
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Cliff Richardson
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Special Effects