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The Informer ()

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In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
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  • Won 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations.
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Gypo Nolan
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Mary McPhillip
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Dan Gallagher
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Katie Madden
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Frankie McPhillip
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Mrs. McPhillip
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Terry
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Barty Mulholland (as Joseph Sauers)
Neil Fitzgerald ...
Tommy Connor
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Peter Mulligan
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The Blind Man
Leo McCabe ...
Donahue
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Dennis Daly (as Gaylord Pendleton)
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'Judge' Flynn
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Madame Betty
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English Girl
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Street Singer (as Dennis O'Dea)
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Thomas Carr ...
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Flash Patron (uncredited)
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British Officer (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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British Officer (uncredited)
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Detractor (uncredited)
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Woman Dancing on Bar (uncredited)
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House Patron (uncredited)
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Admirer (uncredited)
Arthur McLaglen ...
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McCabe - Bouncer (uncredited)
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Admirer (uncredited)
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Anne O'Neal ...
Singer (uncredited)
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Young Soldier (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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British Officer (uncredited)
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Admirer (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Ford

Written by

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Dudley Nichols ... (screen play)
 
Liam O'Flaherty ... (from the story by)

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John Ford ... producer (uncredited)
Cliff Reid ... associate producer

Music by

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Max Steiner

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Joseph H. August ... (photographed by)

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George Hively ... (edited by)

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Robert Parrish ... apprentice editor (uncredited)

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Van Nest Polglase

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Julia Heron ... (uncredited)

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Walter Plunkett ... (costumes by)

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Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist (uncredited)

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Eddie Donahoe ... first assistant director (uncredited)
Edward O'Fearna ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Charles M. Kirk ... associate art director (as Charles Kirk)

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Hugh McDowell Jr. ... recordist
Robert Wise ... sound effects editor (uncredited)

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Harry Redmond Jr. ... special effects (uncredited)
Harry Redmond Sr. ... special effects supervisor (uncredited)

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Gil Perkins ... stunts (uncredited)

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Lloyd Ahern Sr. ... assistant camera
Robert Coburn ... still photographer (uncredited)
Burnett Guffey ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Sterling Campbell ... military advisor (uncredited)
S. Barret McCormick ... press agent (uncredited)
Elizabeth McGaffey ... researcher (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Dublin, 1920. Gypo Nolan, strong but none too bright, has been ousted from the rebel organization and is starving. When he finds that his equally destitute sweetheart Katie has been reduced to prostitution, he succumbs to temptation and betrays his former comrade Frankie to the British authorities for a 20 pound reward. In the course of one gloomy, foggy night, guilt and retribution inexorably close in... Written by Rod Crawford

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Also Known As
  • Le mouchard (France)
  • Der Verräter (Germany)
  • El delator (Spain)
  • Il traditore (Italy)
  • O katadotis (Greece)
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  • 91 min
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Budget $243,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia John Ford kept Victor McLaglen continually off-balance (and thus in character) by getting him drunk, changing his schedules, verbally abusing him on and off the set and filming scenes when he'd told McLaglen that they were only rehearsing. For the crucial rebel court scene, the story goes that Ford reduced the actor to a trembling wreck by promising him the day off only to bring him into the studio early and extremely hung over, insisting that he spit out his lines. McLaglen was so furious with Ford over this that he threatened to quit acting and kill the director. See more »
Goofs Frankie McPhillip tells his mother he travelled to her house via O'Connell Street. In 1922, the year the movie is set, O'Connell Street was still offically called Sackville Street, but the Irish Home Rule Party had unsuccessfully attempted to change it to "O'Connell Street" prior to this and this name was commonly used by nationalist Dubliners. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Directed by John Ford (1971). See more »
Soundtracks Rule Britannia! See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: 1920 "Then Judas repented himself-and cast down the thirty pieces of silver - and departed." See more »
Quotes Gypo Nolan: And now the British think I'm with the Irish, and the Irish think I'm with the British. The long and short of it is I'm walkin' around without a dog to lick my trousers!
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