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Shake Hands with the Devil
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Shake Hands with the Devil

“A story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns!”

6.6/ 10 24 votes 1959-06-24 1h 51m 1 popularity

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.

Director: Michael Anderson

Cast

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James Cagney

James Cagney

Sean Lenihan

Don Murray

Don Murray

Kerry O'Shea

Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter

Jennifer Curtis

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Kitty Brady

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

The General

Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Lady Fitzhugh

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