Shake Hands with the Devil 1959

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.

Cast:

James Cagney
Sean Lenihan 

Don Murray
Kerry O'Shea 

Dana Wynter
Jennifer Curtis 

Glynis Johns
Kitty Brady 

Michael Redgrave
The General 

Sybil Thorndike
Lady Fitzhugh