Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

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Country: Ireland, USA
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Release: 1959-06-24
Director: Michael Anderson (I)
Writers: Rearden Conner , Marian Spitzer , Ivan Goff , Ben Roberts
Language: English
Stars: James Cagney , Don Murray , Dana Wynter , Glynis Johns , Michael Redgrave , Sybil Thorndike , Cyril Cusack , Marianne Benet , John Breslin , Harry Brogan
Runtime: 111 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Szövetség az ördöggel (Hungary) , Shake Hands with the Devil (United Kingdom) , De mãos dadas com o diabo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , De sammansvurna (Sweden) , Пожмите руку дьяволу , Il fronte della violenza (Italy) , Shake Hands with the Devil , Ein Händedruck des Teufels , L'épopée dans l'ombre (Canada) , Ein Händedruck des Teufels (Austria) , The Raging Men (United States of America) , Χειραψία με τον Διάβολο (Greece) , Un encuentro con el diablo (Mexico) , Shake Hands with the Devil (Ireland) , De Mãos Dadas com o Diabo (Brazil) , Un encuentro con el diablo (Argentina) , L'épopée dans l'ombre (France, French Republic) , Întâlnire cu diavolul (Romania) , Luces de rebeldía (Spain) , 地獄で握手しろ (Japan) , Hürriyet kahramanı (Turkey) , Dă mâna cu diavolul (Romania) , Heirapsia me to Diavolo (Greece) , Podając rękę diabłu (Poland) , Shake Hands with the Devil (Canada) , Kampen uden nåde (Denmark) , Purista paholaisen kättä (Finland)
Plot: In 1921 Dublin, the I.R.A. battles the "Black & Tans", special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea (Don Murray) hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization under his former professor Dr. Sean Lenihan (James Cagney), 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.
IMDB:tt0053272