“Irish” movie alert

[ACORN]

Two of my favorites are on back to back on TCM tonight
8:00 pm Shake Hands With the Devil. An American medical student (Don Murray) gets caught up in the Irish Revolution and a sadistic IRA officer (James Cagney). I don’t remember the female lead’s name but she’s a real looker.
10:00 pm Odd Man Out. James Mason is an IRA gunman that murders a payroll clerk and is subsequently wounded himself. The film revolves around his trying to get to safety.
All that I’d need is The Informer for the hat-trick. Already have The Quiet Man.

 

[31FordA]

Thanks for the heads up. Those are two great movies, I’d have hated to have missed them. “The Informer” and “Wind That Shakes the Barley” are my other favorite Irish rebel movies.

 

[GaryS]

I've seen Odd Man Out, but never heard of Shake Hands With the Devil until just now when I was looking to see what movie was on TCM.

 

[Jtown]

Don't know when it will be on but Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O'hara is my favorite.
Walt

 

[GaryS]

If you have TCM On Demand, it was on a few days ago and might still be there.

Don't know when it will be on but Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O'hara is my favorite.
Walt

 

[Absalom]

Boy, you guys definitely trend toward the old stuff.

When I see "Irish movie", I think of "Michael Collins", "In the Name of the Father", and "Bloody Sunday".

Or on the light side, "The Guard" and "In Bruges". (Okay, I admit Brendan Gleeson is my favorite Irish actor).

 

[El Biblioitecario]

I saw this film when it was first released. (I was so young I had to reach UP to the ticket window) I have seen it several times since, and I would describe Cagney's character not as a sadist, but as a misogynist. (Explicit details would probably result in this post being deleted.) The leading lady whose name escaped the initial poster is Dana Wynter, but the lady who steals the show is Glynis Johns.

 

[Rustyt1953]

As far as Irish themed movies I enjoyed "Patriot Games", "The Gangs of New York", and "The Devil's Own".

The performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot" is magnificent.

 

[Absalom]

As far as Irish themed movies I enjoyed "Patriot Games", "The Gangs of New York", and "The Devil's Own".

The performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot" is magnificent.

He had an Irish father, but actually never lived in the country. In the Irish press, Daniel Day-Lewis always gets accolades as a “foreigner” who can’t just sound generically Irish, but is able to do justice to various Northern and Southern Irish accents as needed.

 

[hsguy]

I'll try to watch the movies mentioned, headed to Ireland in a couple of weeks. One of my favorites is "Michael Collins".

 

[BearBio]

Dia duit

I like Michael Collins as well. Also check out "Fifty Dead Men Walking".

My Great grand-parents were a Brady and a Kelly. Grandfather was a Ferrill, although he was born in Cornwall.

Slan

 

[soFlaNative]

I've never seen "Crying Game" but I have heard about the twist. Yea or Nay?

 

[Absalom]

My tastes in Irish-themed movies and books admittedly trend toward the historical and political, not surprising since the Irish folks I know trend that way too

Here is another relatively new one (2014) that has no really big names and generally flew under the radar. Very suspenseful.

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