Shake Hands with the Devil

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.

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  James Cagney

  Sean Lenihan
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  Don Murray

  Kerry O'Shea
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  Dana Wynter

  Jennifer Curtis
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  Glynis Johns

  Kitty Brady
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  Michael Redgrave

  The General
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  Sybil Thorndike

  Lady Fitzhugh
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  Cyril Cusack

  Chris Noonan
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  Marianne Benet

  Mary Madigan
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  John Breslin

  Timmy McGrath
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  Harry Brogan

  Tom Cassidy