Shake Hands with the Devil (1959 film)

Shake Hands with the Devil is a 1959 film directed by Michael Anderson. The picture was filmed in Dublin, and at Ardmore Studios in Bray, Ireland.

Since OShea left his textbook with his name inscribed at the scene of the ambush, he is now a wanted man. Lenihan takes him to meet his superior, the General Michael Redgrave, an old comradeinarms of OSheas father. When OShea refuses his invitation to join the IRA, the General arranges for a boat passage out of Ireland. Lenihan takes him to a hideout by the sea, the base of an IRA unit commanded by Chris Noonan Cyril Cusack. Lenihan is furious to find local barmaid Kitty Brady Glynnis Johns consorting with the men there.When Liam OSullivan Noel Purcell, a top IRA leader, is wounded escaping from prison, OShea agrees to accompany the unit to the rendezvous point to treat him. OSullivan is discovered in the boot of the car of aged Lady Fitzhugh Sybil Thorndike and killed in a shootout by the British. When the soldiers check the people in the nearby pub where the IRA men are waiting, Terence OBrien Richard Harris tries to hide a pistol he brought against Noonans explicit orders. When it is found, it is OShea who is taken away. He is brutally beaten by Colonel Smithson of the Black and Tans Christopher Rhodes, but refuses to talk. Lenihan leads a raid to rescue him. At that point, OShea decides to join the IRA. ........

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