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A Terrible Beauty (1960)

A Terrible Beauty poster
Directed by
Tay Garnett
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of Irish republicans resists British rule during World War II. One man leads a guerrilla campaign while facing personal conflicts.

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What happens

A Terrible Beauty (also known as The Night Fighters) is a 1960 drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Robert Mitchum, Anne Heywood, Dan O'Herlihy and Richard Harris. It was adapted from a 1958 novel of the same name written by Arthur Roth. The film was an international co-production between Mitchum's production company, D.R.M., and that of producer Raymond Stross. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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