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Shake Hands with the Devil

6.519591h 51mNRMovieActionDramaWar

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…

DirectorMichael Anderson
WritersIvan Goff·Ben Roberts
ProducersMichael Anderson·Walter Seltzer

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Availability shown for Australia · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Michael Anderson

JCJames Cagney
James Cagney
Sean Lenihan
DMDon Murray
Don Murray
Kerry O'Shea
DWDana Wynter
Dana Wynter
Jennifer Curtis
GJGlynis Johns
Glynis Johns
Kitty Brady
MRMichael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
The General
STSybil Thorndike
Sybil Thorndike
Lady Fitzhugh
CCCyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Chris Noonan
MBMarianne Benet
Marianne Benet
Mary Madigan
JBJohn Breslin
John Breslin
Timmy McGrath
HBHarry Brogan
Harry Brogan
Tom Cassidy
RHRichard Harris
Richard Harris
Terence O'Brien
WHWilliam Hartnell
William Hartnell
Sergeant Jenkins

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