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Director John Ford
Screenplay Dudley Nichols

The Informer

Release Date: 1935-05-09

Duration: 91 minutes

Synopsis

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

Casting

  • Victor McLaglen
    Gypo Nolan
  • Joe Sawyer
    Bartly Mulholland
  • Wallace Ford
    Frankie McPhillip
  • Una O'Connor
    Mrs. McPhillip
  • Steve Pendleton
    Dennis Daly
  • Frank Baker
    Small Role
  • Barlowe Borland
    Man at Wake
  • Robert Homans
    Detractor
  • J. M. Kerrigan
    Terry
  • Francis Ford
    'Judge' Flynn

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