Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film)
| Shake Hands with the Devil | |
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| Directed by | Michael Anderson |
| Written by | Rearden Conner (novel) Marian Spitzer |
| Produced by | Michael Anderson |
| Starring | James Cagney Don Murray Dana Wynter Glynis Johns |
| Narrated by | Michael Rennie |
| Cinematography | Erwin Hillier |
| Edited by | Gordon Pilkington |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
Production company | Pennebaker Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Countries | Ireland United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
Shake Hands with the Devil is a 1959 British-Irish film produced and directed by Michael Anderson and starring James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns and Michael Redgrave. The film was written by Marian Spitzer based on the 1933 novel of the same title by Rearden Conner, the son of a Royal Irish Constabulary policeman.
The film is set in 1921 Dublin, where the Irish Republican Army battles the Black and Tans, ex-British soldiers sent to suppress the rebels.