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Shake Hands with the Devil

Dir. Michael Anderson·1959·1h 51m

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.

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Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

Michael Anderson

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1h 51m
Cross-source blend ~65/100

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Countries

Ireland, United States of America

Ratings

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6.5/10

26 votes

Rating consensus

65/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~65/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

James Cagney

Sean Lenihan

Don Murray

Kerry O'Shea

Dana Wynter

Jennifer Curtis

Glynis Johns

Kitty Brady

Michael Redgrave

The General

Sybil Thorndike

Lady Fitzhugh

Cyril Cusack

Chris Noonan

Marianne Benet

Mary Madigan

John Breslin

Timmy McGrath

Harry Brogan

Tom Cassidy

Richard Harris

Terence O'Brien

William Hartnell

Sergeant Jenkins

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