Shake Hands with the Devil

Name: Shake Hands with the Devil
Genre: Action, Drama, War, History
Released: 1959-06-24
Rating: 6.5
Cast: James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Michael Redgrave

1959·1h 51m

6.5/ 10 (26 votes)

“A story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns!”

ActionDramaWarHistory

Overview

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.