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9 May 1935 (USA)
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In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 4 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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3 nominations
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Judas's timeless story.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 (as Joseph Sauers) |
| Neil Fitzgerald | ... | Tommy Connor |
| Donald Meek | ... | Peter Mulligan |
| D'Arcy Corrigan | ... | The Blind Man |
| Leo McCabe | ... | Donahue |
| Steve Pendleton | ... | Dennis Daly (as Gaylord Pendleton) |
| Francis Ford | ... | "Judge" Flynn |
| May Boley | ... | Madame Betty |
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91 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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Finland:(Banned) (original rating) (1935) |
Finland:K-16 (re-rating) (1935) |
West Germany:12 (f) |
Australia:PG |
Argentina:16 |
Sweden:15
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Katie Madden:
Gypo, where did you get that money? Look at it, and not an hour ago you hadn't a penny to warm your pocket. Did someone die and leave you a pot of gold?
Gypo Nolan: Why are you sayin' that for?
Katie Madden: Well, did you rob a church or what?
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Gypo Nolan: Why are you sayin' that for?
Katie Madden: Well, did you rob a church or what?
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Referenced in The Black Mirror (2004) (VG)
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A lot of movies of John Ford (Sean O'Feeney) deal with Ireland.At every stage of a long and brilliant career,he gets back to his roots in his homeland:"the informer" and "the plough and the stars" are early period;"the quiet man " is middle, "young Cassidy" is late.
Far from being "one of the worst movies of the thirties" ,"the informer " belongs to its time:that's true that the studios deny realism but that was true for Fritz Lang's "M" and Marcel Carné's "réalisme poétique" too.Anyway,at a pinch,no matter if it's a political subject in the Ireland of the twenties:what Ford has to say to us is universal:when a man betrays his best friend,be it for thirty coins of silver or for twenty quids,he will be eaten with remorse ,everything that he'll see and hear will remember him of the awful thing he's done.Gypo won't take advantage of his pitiful reward,he will loose everything except the victim's mother's compassion and forgiveness. All through this dark movie,Gypo will roam the foggy streets ,a desperate man:you should not forget that he is an outcast from the beginning:dismissed by the IRA,because he hadn't guts enough to kill a prisoner,and outside a girl,and Jackie (the man he will betray),he's on his own ,a man who suffers from hunger and,worse, lack of self-esteem -the one time when he finds solace is when he has a rest near his girl's fireplace-This character is not that much far from Peter Lorre's part in "M":both movies feature a secret trial.
As always in Ford's cinema,women are figures of peace love and understanding,and for them a man can always redeem his soul: here Katie and the mother.In "quiet man" ,Wayne is given a second chance thanks to Ireland and... Maureen O'Hara.And after all Ford's last movie will be "seven women" (1966) :a doctor(Ann Bancroft) will triumph over barbary against all odds.