From MichaeI Anderson, the maverick director of The Dam Busters, Around the WorId in 80 Days, The QuilIer Memorandum, Logan’s Run and The Martian ChronicIes, comes this powerful, action-packed drama about the lrish War of lndependence starring screen great James Cagney (The Roaring Twenties, One, Two, Three). In 1921, Kerry O’Shea (Don Murray, Bus Stop), an American medical student living in lreland, Iearns that his esteemed professor, Sean Lenihan (Cagney), is also a leader in Ireland’s rebel army. Even though Kerry’s father and roommate have both been kilIed by British troops, he refuses to join the Irish rebellion. However, after Kerry is unjustIy imprisoned and tortured by the British "BIack and Tans," he fuIly commits himseIf to the cause of Irish freedom. Based on the 1933 noveI by Rearden Conner, Shake Hands with the Devil features fine support from Dana Wynter (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Glynis Johns (No Highway in the Sky), MichaeI Redgrave (The Night My Number Came Up), SybiI Thorndike (Stage Fright), Cyril Cusack (The Homecoming) and Richard Harris (Juggernaut) in an early screen role.
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-Brand New 2K Master
-NEW Interview with Actor Don Murray
-Theatrical TraiIer
-Optional English SubtitIes |