The Informer (1935)
91 min
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?
- Release date
- May 9, 1935
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $243,000
- Box office
- $950,000
Cast
- Victor McLaglen as Gypo Nolan
- Heather Angel as Mary McPhillip
- Preston Foster as Dan Gallagher
- Margot Grahame as Katie Madden
- Wallace Ford as Frankie McPhillip
- Una O'Connor as Mrs. McPhillip
- J.M. Kerrigan as Terry
- Joe Sawyer as Barty Mulholland
- Neil Fitzgerald as Tommy Connor
- Donald Meek as Peter Mulligan
Crew
- John Ford · Director
- Dudley Nichols · Writer
- Liam O'Flaherty · Writer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- Joseph H. August · Cinematographer
- George Hively · Editor