Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
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Filmed on location, Shake Hands With the Devil is set in Ireland during the "troubles" of 1921. James Cagney plays a brilliant medical professor who doubles as head of the Irish Republican Army. Cagney convinces one of his more pacifistic students, Don Murray, to join the underground struggle against British rule. Murray suffers a crisis of conscience when his sweetheart Dana Wynter is taken hostage by the IRA and is slated for execution by the zealous Cagney. Several members of Dublin's Abbey Players appear in supporting roles in Shake Hands With Devil. Watch for Richard Harris in the small part of Terence O'Brien. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Cagney, Don Murray, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Anderson
Synopsis of Shake Hands with the Devil
Filmed on location, Shake Hands With the Devil is set in Ireland during the "troubles" of 1921. James Cagney plays a brilliant medical professor who doubles as head of the Irish Republican Army. Cagney convinces one of his more pacifistic students, Don Murray, to join the underground struggle against British rule. Murray suffers a crisis of conscience when his sweetheart Dana Wynter is taken hostage by the IRA and is slated for execution by the zealous Cagney. Several members of Dublin's Abbey Players appear in supporting roles in Shake Hands With Devil. Watch for Richard Harris in the small part of Terence O'Brien. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Shake Hands with the Devil
- James Cagney - Sean Lenihan
- Dana Wynter - Jennifer Curtis
- Michael Redgrave - General
- Cyril Cusack - Chris Noonan
- John Breslin - McGrath
- Robert Brown - Sergeant
- John Cairney - Mike O'Callaghan
- Eileen Crowe - Mrs. Madigan
- Donal Donnelly - Willie Cafferty
- Eithne Dunne - Eileen O'Leary
- Richard Harris - Terence O'Brien
- John Le Mesurier - British General
- Ray McAnally - Paddy Nolan
- Noel Purcell - Liam O'Sullivan
- Christopher Rhodes - Col. Smithson
- Patrick McAlinney - Donovan
- Don Murray - Kerry O'Shea
- Glynis Johns - Kitty O'Brady
- Sybil Thorndike - Lady Fitzhugh
- Marianne Benet - Mary Madigan
- Harry Brogan - Cassidy
- Lewis Casson - The Judge
- Harry H. Corbett - Clancy
- Allan Cuthbertson - Captain (Black & Tans)
- Wilfred Downing - Tommy Connor
- Paul Farrell - Doyle
- William Hartnell - Sgt. Jenkins
- Niall MacGinnis - Michael O'Leary
- Clive Morton - Sir Arnold Fielding
- Peter Reynolds - Captain (Black & Tans)
- Alan White - Capt. Fleming
- Director(s):
- Michael Anderson
- Writer(s):
- Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Marian Thompson
- Producer(s):
- Michael Anderson
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