movie poster for THE INFORMER

Flicks ID

15097

Cert

PG

Running time

91 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE INFORMER (1935)

JOHN FORD

Plot

Dublin, 1922; Gypo Nolan, strong but none too bright, has been ousted from the rebel organization and is starving. When he finds that his equally destitute sweetheart Katie has been reduced to prostitution, he succumbs to temptation and betrays his former comrade Frankie to the British authorities for a 20 pound reward. In the course of one gloomy, foggy night, guilt and retribution inexorably close in. An atmospheric and gritty classic set around the Irish troubles.