Shake Hands With the Devil

Shake Hands With the Devil (1959)

  • 60% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (59 ratings)

Filmed on location, Shake Hands With the Devil is set in Ireland during the "troubles" of 1921. James Cagney plays a brilliant medical professor who doubles as head of the Irish Republican Army. Cagney convinces one of his more pacifistic students, Don Murray, to join the underground struggle… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Michael Anderson
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Jun 24, 1959 Wide
On DVD
Aug 1, 1993

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A good intro into the conflict between England and the IRA.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Great acting by Cagney complimented with solid work from everyone else makes this compelling viewing. Besides showing how impassioned furor can go too far and twist good men's souls this is a tense study of a group of freedom fighters. Good use of locations and atmospheric… More

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