The Informer (1935)
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
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