The Informer (1935)
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?
Cast
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Victor McLaglen
as Gypo Nolan
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Heather Angel
as Mary McPhillip
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Preston Foster
as Dan Gallagher
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Margot Grahame
as Katie Madden
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Wallace Ford
as Frankie McPhillip
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Una O'Connor
as Mrs. McPhillip
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J.M. Kerrigan
as Terry
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Joe Sawyer
as Bartly Mulholland
- Neil Fitzgerald as Tommy Connor
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Donald Meek
as Peter Mulligan
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D'Arcy Corrigan
as The Blind Man
- Leo McCabe as Donahue
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Steve Pendleton
as Dennis Daly
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Francis Ford
as 'Judge' Flynn
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May Boley
as Madame Betty
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Grizelda Hervey
as English Girl
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Denis O'Dea
as Street Singer
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Barlowe Borland
as Man at Wake (uncredited)
Crew
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John Ford
Director
- Joseph H. August Director of Photography
- George Hively Editor
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Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
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John Ford
Producer
- Dudley Nichols Screenplay
