Directed by:
John FordScreenplay:
Dudley NicholsCinematography:
Joseph H. AugustComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor, Joe Sawyer, Donald Meek, Steve Pendleton, May Boley, Robert Parrish (more)Plots(1)
Powerful John Ford drama set in 1922 Dublin, where Gypo Nolan - desperate to save himself and lover Katie, who's resorting to prostitution to eke out a living - betrays former rebel comrade Frankie to the British authorities. And so begins a long dark night of the soul... (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Victor McLaglen
UK
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The Unholy Three (1925)
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Dishonored (1931)
Heather Angel
UK
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The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
The Informer (1935)
Preston Foster
USA
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
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North West Mounted Police (1940)
Margot Grahame
UK
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The Informer (1935)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
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Wallace Ford
UK
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A Patch of Blue (1965)
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The Rainmaker (1956)
Una O'Connor
UK
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Invisible Man (1933)
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Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
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Gilda (1946)
Donald Meek
UK
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
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Steve Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
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The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
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May Boley
USA
Best movies:
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
The Informer (1935)
Kitty Foyle (1940)
Robert Parrish
USA
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City Lights (1931)
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James Murray
USA
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The Crowd (1928)
San Francisco (1936)
The Informer (1935)
Denis O'Dea
Ireland
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Informer (1935)
Sam Harris
Australia
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Harry Tenbrook
Union between Sweden and Norway
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Robert Homans
USA
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Frank Marlowe
USA
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North by Northwest (1959)
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Pat Moriarity
Ireland
Best movies:
The Informer (1935)
Jack Mulhall
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Frank Hagney
Australia
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)