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Shake Hands with the Devil

Shake Hands with the Devil

Action, Drama

1h 51m

June 24, 1959 (66 years ago)

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...under 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.

ActorAge thenAge now
James Cagney

James Cagney

Sean Lenihan

Birthday: July 17, 1899

59 March 30, 1986 (86)
Don Murray

Don Murray

Kerry O'Shea

Birthday: July 31, 1929

29 February 2, 2024 (94)
Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter

Jennifer Curtis

Birthday: June 8, 1931

28 May 5, 2011 (79)
Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Kitty Brady

Birthday: October 5, 1923

35 January 4, 2024 (100)
Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

The General

Birthday: March 20, 1908

51 March 21, 1985 (77)
Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Lady Fitzhugh

Birthday: October 22, 1882

76 June 9, 1976 (93)
Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Chris Noonan

Birthday: November 26, 1910

48 October 7, 1993 (82)
Marianne Benet

Marianne Benet

Mary Madigan

Birthday: May 2, 1936

2389
John Breslin

John Breslin

Timmy McGrath

Birthday: March 16, 1929

30 July 11, 2009 (80)
Harry Brogan

Harry Brogan

Tom Cassidy

Birthday: May 5, 1904

55 May 20, 1977 (73)