Shake Hands With the Devil [VHS]
starring: James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Michael Redgrave
directed by: Michael Anderson
directed by: Michael Anderson
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- Innocence, experience and wisdom!
James Cagney made according my personal opinion, a tour de force performance and his most superb artistic achievement, personifying the leader of IRA. Through the innocent gaze of a naïve student who sudden and accidentally becomes involved in rebel activities, Cagney will exert on him a spelling influence but gradually he will realize the core of the human being behind the mask: a murderous fanatic.
A ravishing jewel of Michael Anderson, one of the best and remarkable British filmmakers ... Read More
Rating: - There is More to It Than the Clancy Brothers!!!!
"Shake Hands with the Devil" is a highly intelligent movie. It is a virtual miniature Irish history lesson.It is set around 1920-at the height of the Revolution against England that led to Irish independence. Most Irish movies this reviewer has seen suffer from a common ailment: They require some foreknowledge of that troubled island's past to be fully appreciated. SHD is no exception. To those who pick up on the historical allegories, there is much to relish. The principal character is James Cagney. Ostensibly ... Read More
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- False Portrayal of IRA as Heros
This fast paced movie provides a good yarn but is bad history.James Cagney seems out of place here trying to re-role his old gangster parts in the IRA.He gives a convincing portrait of the many fanatics who have run the IRA over the years, but he seems out of place.Richard Harris is young here and is your happy go lucky two-fisted Irish type. The British are all portrayed as Nazi's pretty much.This seems the beginning of Hollywood's negative pattern of depicting all British officers as ego-maniac Nazi's.... Read More
Rating: - A fast paced action dramaas topical as this weeks news
This is a fast paced drama,with a sensational supporting cast.Set in the Ireland of 1920,Cagney gives an understated performance as a University professor by day and an IRA activist by night.Don Murray plays the IrishAmerican idealist caught in the middle,and in love with an IRA hostage.This picture captures brilliantly all the passions and emotion of the IrishQuestion,and the scene at Dublin docks is one of the best action sequencesever on film.Cagney even reprises,for a moment, his gangster persona of the ... Read More
- Innocence, experience and wisdom!James Cagney made according my personal opinion, a tour de force performance and his most superb artistic achievement, personifying the leader of IRA. Through the innocent gaze of a naïve student who sudden and accidentally becomes involved in rebel activities, Cagney will exert on him a spelling influence but gradually he will realize the core of the human being behind the mask: a murderous fanatic.
A ravishing jewel of Michael Anderson, one of the best and remarkable British filmmakers ... Read More
- There is More to It Than the Clancy Brothers!!!!"Shake Hands with the Devil" is a highly intelligent movie. It is a virtual miniature Irish history lesson.It is set around 1920-at the height of the Revolution against England that led to Irish independence. Most Irish movies this reviewer has seen suffer from a common ailment: They require some foreknowledge of that troubled island's past to be fully appreciated. SHD is no exception. To those who pick up on the historical allegories, there is much to relish. The principal character is James Cagney. Ostensibly ... Read More
- False Portrayal of IRA as HerosThis fast paced movie provides a good yarn but is bad history.James Cagney seems out of place here trying to re-role his old gangster parts in the IRA.He gives a convincing portrait of the many fanatics who have run the IRA over the years, but he seems out of place.Richard Harris is young here and is your happy go lucky two-fisted Irish type. The British are all portrayed as Nazi's pretty much.This seems the beginning of Hollywood's negative pattern of depicting all British officers as ego-maniac Nazi's.... Read More
- A fast paced action dramaas topical as this weeks newsThis is a fast paced drama,with a sensational supporting cast.Set in the Ireland of 1920,Cagney gives an understated performance as a University professor by day and an IRA activist by night.Don Murray plays the IrishAmerican idealist caught in the middle,and in love with an IRA hostage.This picture captures brilliantly all the passions and emotion of the IrishQuestion,and the scene at Dublin docks is one of the best action sequencesever on film.Cagney even reprises,for a moment, his gangster persona of the ... Read More
