The Informer

Based On the book by Liam O'Flaherty

The Informer is a 1935 American drama thriller film directed and produced by John Ford, adapted by Dudley Nichols from the 1925 novel of the same title by Irish novelist Liam O'Flaherty. Set in 1922, the plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence and centers on a disgraced Republican man, played by Victor McLaglen, who anonymously informs on his former comrades and spirals into guilt as his treachery becomes known. Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor and J. M. Kerrigan co-star. The novel had previously been adapted for a British film of the same name in 1929.

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Release date:

1935

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

Heather Angel, Victor McLaglen, Una O'Connor, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster

Genre:

Crime, Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1935 in adaptations