The Informer

The Informer (1935)

Released: 1935-05-09 Duration: 1hr 31min
Genres: Crime Drama
Rating 6.7

Overview

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $243,000.00
Revenue $950,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 9.624

Directed By

John Ford

Crew

Screenplay
Dudley Nichols
Director
John Ford
Original Music Composer
Max Steiner
Producer
John Ford
Producer
Cliff Reid
Original Story
Liam O'Flaherty
Special Effects
Harry Redmond Jr.
Researcher
Elizabeth McGaffey
Orchestrator
Bernhard Kaun
Makeup Artist
Robert J. Schiffer
Sound Recordist
Hugh McDowell Jr.
Orchestrator
Maurice De Packh
Camera Operator
Burnett Guffey
Stunts
Gil Perkins
Sound Effects Editor
Robert Wise
Director of Photography
Joseph H. August
Set Decoration
Julia Heron
Special Effects Supervisor
Harry Redmond Sr.
Costume Design
Walter Plunkett
Art Direction
Van Nest Polglase
Second Assistant Director
Edward O'Fearna
Still Photographer
Robert Coburn
First Assistant Director
Edward Donahue

TOP CAST

Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen

Gypo Nolan

Heather Angel
Heather Angel

Mary McPhillip

Preston Foster
Preston Foster

Dan Gallagher

Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame

Katie Madden

Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford

Frankie McPhillip

Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor

Mrs. McPhillip

Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer

Bartly Mulholland

Neil Fitzgerald
Neil Fitzgerald

Tommy Connor

Donald Meek
Donald Meek

Peter Mulligan

D'Arcy Corrigan
D'Arcy Corrigan

The Blind Man

Leo McCabe
Leo McCabe

Donahue

Steve Pendleton
Steve Pendleton

Dennis Daly

Francis Ford
Francis Ford

'Judge' Flynn

May Boley
May Boley

Madame Betty

Grizelda Hervey
Grizelda Hervey

English Girl

Denis O'Dea
Denis O'Dea

Street Singer

Barlowe Borland
Barlowe Borland

Man at Wake

Eddy Chandler
Eddy Chandler

House Patron

Clyde Cook
Clyde Cook

Flash Patron

Earle Foxe
Earle Foxe

British Officer

Frank Hagney
Frank Hagney

Policeman

Robert Homans
Robert Homans

Detractor

Tiny Jones
Tiny Jones

Woman Dancing on Bar

Cornelius Keefe
Cornelius Keefe

House Patron

Frank Moran
Frank Moran

McCabe

Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall

Man at Wake

Anne O'Neal
Anne O'Neal

Singer

Robert Parrish
Robert Parrish

Young Soldier

Bob Perry
Bob Perry

Bartender

Pat Somerset
Pat Somerset

British Officer

Frank Baker
Frank Baker

Small Role

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