Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) 

 

 

 

 

Director:     Michael Anderson.

Starring:     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),  Robert Brown (First Sergeant 'Black & Tans'),  Lewis Casson (Judge),  Christopher Casson (Brigadier),  John Cairney (Mike O'Callaghan),  Harry H. Corbett (Clancy).

IRA fights the Black and Tans trained to suppress the IRA  (with James Cagney)

 

 

Spoiler Warning:  below is a summary of the entire film.

 

 

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