Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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James Mason
Johnny McQueen
Robert Newton
Lukey
Cyril Cusack
Pat
F.J. McCormick
Shell
Kathleen Ryan
Kathleen Sullivan
William Hartnell
Fencie - the barman
Fay Compton
Rosie
W.G. Fay
Father Tom
Denis O'Dea
Inspector
Maureen Delaney
Theresa O'Brien
Director
Carol Reed
Screenplay
R.C. Sherriff
Tagline
"An adventure in unbearable suspense!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Two Cities Films, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
John Chard
November 2, 2013
That's the duty of all of us. Johnny McQueen is an IRA leader who breaks out of prison and for 6 months hides out at the house of adoring Kathleen. Here he plots a robbery of a Belfast mill to fund his underground organisation, the robbery doesn't go to plan and Johnny kills a man in a struggle outside the mill, he himself is shot and fails to make the getaway with his accomplices... If ever...
CinemaSerf
July 7, 2022
This is very much an example of less is more from Carol Reed. James Mason is super as ("Johnny") who leads an IRA cell that decides to rob a textile mill to secure continued funding for their operations. As they make good their escape, he is shot, seriously wounded and has to try to secure medical care whilst being pursued by a determined constabulary and by his loving gal "Kathleen" (Kathleen Rya...
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