The Informer (1929)

Directed by

Arthur Robison

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man reports his best friend, a member of a secret Irish rebel group, to the police. He then finds himself hunted by the rest of the organization.

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What happens

The Informer is a 1929 British sound part-talkie drama film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward and Carl Harbord. The picture was based on the 1925 novel The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty. In the film, a man betrays his best friend, a member of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation. The later better-known adaptation The Informer (1935) was directed by John Ford. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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