The Informer (1935)

6.8/10 91 min Crime Drama

Overview

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?

Cast

Victor McLaglen

Gypo Nolan

Heather Angel

Mary McPhillip

Preston Foster

Dan Gallagher

Margot Grahame

Katie Madden

Wallace Ford

Frankie McPhillip

Una O'Connor

Mrs. McPhillip

J.M. Kerrigan

Terry

Joe Sawyer

Bartly Mulholland

Donald Meek

Peter Mulligan

D'Arcy Corrigan

The Blind Man

Steve Pendleton

Dennis Daly

Francis Ford

'Judge' Flynn

May Boley

Madame Betty

Denis O'Dea

Street Singer

Barlowe Borland

Man at Wake (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

House Patron (uncredited)

Clyde Cook

Flash Patron (uncredited)

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