The Informer

The Informer

91 mins | Drama, Crime | May 9, 1935

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?

The Informer

91 mins | Drama, Crime | May 9, 1935

The Informer
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?
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Informer
Directors Edward Donahue, Edward O'Fearna, John Ford
Writers Liam O'Flaherty, Dudley Nichols

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 Bartly Mulholland

Neil Fitzgerald

as Tommy Connor

Donald Meek

as Peter Mulligan

D'Arcy Corrigan

as The Blind Man

Leo McCabe

as Donahue

Steve Pendleton

as Dennis Daly

Francis Ford

as 'Judge' Flynn

May Boley

as Madame Betty

Grizelda Hervey

as English Girl

Denis O'Dea

as Street Singer

Barlowe Borland

as Man at Wake

Eddy Chandler

as House Patron

Clyde Cook

as Flash Patron

Earle Foxe

as British Officer

Frank Hagney

as Policeman

Robert Homans

as Detractor

Tiny Jones

as Woman Dancing on Bar

Cornelius Keefe

as House Patron

Frank Marlowe

as Admirer

Frank Moran

as McCabe

Pat Moriarity

as Admirer

Jack Mulhall

as Man at Wake

Anne O'Neal

as Singer

Robert Parrish

as Young Soldier

Bob Perry

as Bartender

Pat Somerset

as British Officer

Harry Tenbrook

as Admirer

Frank Baker

as Small Role