The Gentle Gunman

They Branded Him a Coward... and paid in full for their mistake.

6.519521h 26mReleased

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Overview

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.

StatusReleased

Release Date1952-10-23

Runtime1h 26m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Keywords

brother

film noir

terrorism

ira (irish republican army)

Cast & Crew

John Mills

as Terence Sullivan

Dirk Bogarde

as Matt Sullivan

Robert Beatty

as Shinto

Elizabeth Sellars

as Maureen Fagan

Barbara Mullen

as Molly Fagan

Eddie Byrne

as Flynn

Joseph Tomelty

as Dr Brannigan

Gilbert Harding

as Henry Truethome

James Kenney

as Johnny Fagan

Liam Redmond

as Connolly

Reviews

John Chard

May 4, 2014

6/10

Ealing take on the Irish Troubles. Directed by Basil Dearden and adapted to screenplay from his own play by Roger MacDougal, The Gentle Gunman finds John Mills and Dirk Bogarde as brothers in the IRA circa 1941. Matt (Bogarde) is the young and hungry in the name of the cause brother, Terence (Mills) has grown tired of the violence and questions…

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