Shake Hands with the Devil — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Directed by Michael Anderson

• 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

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