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Feature film — 1935

The Informer (1935)

6.81h 31mCrime — Drama

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

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RKO Radio Pictures

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Director: John Ford

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Cast & crew

Victor McLaglen as Gypo Nolan

Victor McLaglen

Gypo Nolan

Heather Angel as Mary McPhillip

Heather Angel

Mary McPhillip

Preston Foster as Dan Gallagher

Preston Foster

Dan Gallagher

Margot Grahame as Katie Madden

Margot Grahame

Katie Madden

Wallace Ford as Frankie McPhillip

Wallace Ford

Frankie McPhillip

Una O'Connor as Mrs. McPhillip

Una O'Connor

Mrs. McPhillip

J.M. Kerrigan as Terry

J.M. Kerrigan

Terry

Joe Sawyer as Bartly Mulholland

Joe Sawyer

Bartly Mulholland

N

Neil Fitzgerald

Tommy Connor

Donald Meek as Peter Mulligan

Donald Meek

Peter Mulligan

D'Arcy Corrigan as The Blind Man

D'Arcy Corrigan

The Blind Man

L

Leo McCabe

Donahue

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