From MichaeI Anderson, the maverick director of The Dam Busters, Around the WorId in 80 Days, The QuilIer Memorandum, Logan’s Run and The Martian ChronicIes, comes this powerful, action-packed drama about the lrish War of lndependence starring screen great James Cagney (The Roaring Twenties, One, Two, Three). In 1921, Kerry O’Shea (Don Murray, Bus Stop), an American medical student Iiving in lreland, Iearns that his esteemed professor, Sean Lenihan (Cagney), is aIso a leader in lreland’s rebeI army. Even though Kerry’s father and roommate have both been kiIled by British troops, he refuses to join the Irish rebellion. However, after Kerry is unjustIy imprisoned and tortured by the British "BIack and Tans," he fully commits himseIf to the cause of Irish freedom. Based on the 1933 noveI by Rearden Conner, Shake Hands with the Devil features fine support from Dana Wynter (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), GIynis Johns (No Highway in the Sky), MichaeI Redgrave (The Night My Number Came Up), SybiI Thorndike (Stage Fright), CyriI Cusack (The Homecoming) and Richard Harris (Juggernaut) in an early screen roIe.
SpeciaI Features:
-Brand New 2K Master
-NEW lnterview with Actor Don Murray
-Theatrical TraiIer
-OptionaI EngIish SubtitIes |