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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 by 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.
Theatrical
Jun 24, 1959
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Troy Films, Pennebaker Productions
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Cast
Full credits →J
James Cagney
Sean Lenihan
D
Don Murray
Kerry O'Shea
D
Dana Wynter
Jennifer Curtis
G
Glynis Johns
Kitty Brady
M
Michael Redgrave
The General
S
Sybil Thorndike
Lady Fitzhugh
C
Cyril Cusack
Chris Noonan
M
Marianne Benet
Mary Madigan
J
John Breslin
Timmy McGrath
H
Harry Brogan
Tom Cassidy
R
Richard Harris
Terence O'Brien
W
William Hartnell
Sergeant Jenkins
J
John Le Mesurier
British General
N
Niall MacGinnis
Michael O'Leary
R
Ray McAnally
Paddy Nolan
P
Patrick McAlinney
Donovan
C
Clive Morton
Sir Arnold Fielding
N
Noel Purcell
Liam O'Sullivan
P
Peter Reynolds
'Black & Tans' Captain
W
Walter Gotell
'Black & Tans' Sergeant
