The Informer(Movie, 1935)

Name: The Informer
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1935
Duration: T01:31:00
Rating: 3.4

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 31min | Genres: Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 39 votes)

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. Set in 1922, the plot concerns the underside of the Irish War of Independence and centers on a disgraced Republican man, played by Victor McLaglen, who anonymously informs on his former comrades and spirals into guilt as his treachery becomes known. Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor and J. M. Kerrigan co-star. The novel had previously been adapted for a British film of the same name in 1929. Along with Mut... ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Informer

Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment National Board of Review Award for Best Film nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment

About 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?

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Republic of Ireland

Based on: "The Informer" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: RKO Radio Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 06/23/1950 (World premiere: 05/09/1935)

Cast: Heather Angel, Victor McLaglen, Una O'Connor, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, Wallace Ford, Donald Meek, J. M. Kerrigan, Joe Sawyer, Francis Ford, Denis O'Dea, Barlowe Borland, J. Farrell MacDonald, Jack Mulhall, James Murray, Robert Parrish, Ward Bond, Harry Tenbrook, Frank Marlowe, Frank Hagney, Eddy Chandler, Earle Foxe

Director: John Ford

Producer: John Ford

Screenwriter: Dudley Nichols

Film Editor: George Hively

Director of Photography: Joseph H. August

Composer: Max Steiner

Costume designer: Walter Plunkett

Production Designer: Van Nest Polglase

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El delator"

"Der Verräter"

"Informer"

"Доносникът"

"O Delator"

"Der Verräter"

"Forræder"

"El delator"

"Ilmiantaja"

"Le mouchard"

"O katadotis"

"A besúgó"

"Il Traditore"

"Otoko no teki"

"밀고자"

"Delator"

"Dertig zilverlingen"

"Verraad"

"Angiveren"

"Potepieniec"

"O Denunciante"

"Angivaren"

"Осведомитель"

"Kadin ve Seytan"

"Potkazivac"

Keywords: betrayal, 1920s, reward, friendship, dublin, ireland, love, ira (irish republican army), treason

Budget: 243,000 USD

Revenue: 950,000 USD (= 391%)

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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