1934
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The Informer is a 1935 American drama thriller film directed and produced by John Ford, adapted by Dudley Nichols from the 1925 novel of the same title by Irish novelist Liam O'Flaherty.
The Informer: Directed by John Ford. With Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame. In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
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- Crime, Drama
- John Ford
- 1935-05-24
This was the first of RKO's three-picture deal with director John Ford and despite its deserved reputation and multiple Oscars, it was a low budget production. Its production costs came to a mere $243,000. Browse Fun Facts and Trivia about at Classic Movie Hub (CMH).
The Informer was the second film adaptation of Liam O’Flaherty’s novel of the same name; the first version was released in 1929. For the 1935 film, Dudley Nichols wrote the script in six days, and John Ford shot it in less than three weeks.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Dublin rebel Frankie McPhillip (Wallace Ford) comes home to his mother (Una O'Connor) and sister (Heather Angel) and a trap laid by his friend Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen, title character), disconsolate at the British headquarters, in John Ford's The Informer, 1935.
- John Ford, Ed O'fearna
- Victor Mclaglen
In director John Ford's and RKO's political drama about the consequences of a Judas-like betrayal in the early 1920s: the opening title credits quote: "Then Judas repented himself - and cast down the thirty pieces of silver - and departed"
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A tense thriller that earned John Ford the first of his record four Best Director Oscars, The Informer helped to pioneer the kind of moral flexibility, swirling shadow, and dangerous streets that would evolve into the noir genre.
