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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Cast
40 people
Victor McLaglen
Gypo Nolan
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Mary McPhillip
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Preston Foster
Dan Gallagher
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Margot Grahame
Katie Madden
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Wallace Ford
Frankie McPhillip
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Una O'Connor
Mrs. McPhillip
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J.M. Kerrigan
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Joe Sawyer
Bartly Mulholland
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The Killing
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Neil Fitzgerald
Tommy Connor
Known for
Mirage
Donald Meek
Peter Mulligan
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D'Arcy Corrigan
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Leo McCabe
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John Ford Director · Dudley Nichols Screenplay Liam O'Flaherty Story
Worldwide gross $950K · Budget $243K · United States release May 9, 1935
Box office
Budget
$243,000
Worldwide gross
$950,000
Gross vs. budget
3.9×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 9, 1935
Premiere · Boston, Massachusetts
United States · May 9, 1935
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
May 10, 1935 · Theatrical · Chicago, Illinois
May 24, 1935 · Theatrical
Argentina
July 10, 1935 · Theatrical
November 7, 2002 · Theatrical · Clásicos de estreno
Austria
July 21, 1950 · Theatrical · re-release
Denmark
January 20, 1936 · Theatrical
Finland
March 15, 1936 · Theatrical
December 1, 1950 · Theatrical · re-release
France
September 13, 1935 · Theatrical
Germany
June 23, 1950 · Theatrical
September 21, 1962 · Theatrical · TV premiere
Ireland
December 27, 1935 · Theatrical
Italy
September 9, 1936 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 30, 1935 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 8, 1935 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 27, 1936 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 7, 1935 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 13, 1937 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 26, 1935 · Theatrical · London
December 9, 1935 · Theatrical
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