Production Company: Carol Reed /
Two Cities
Distributed by General Film Distributors
Country: Britain
Producer: Carol Reed
Assistant Producer: Filippo del Giudice
Director: Carol Reed
Screenplay: F.L. Green, R.C. Sherriff
Based on the novel by F.L. Green
Set Design: Roger Furse
CAST
James Mason as Johnny McQueen
Robert Newton as Lukey
Kathleen Ryan as Kathleen
Robert Beatty as Dennis
Denis O’Dea as Head Constable
F.J. McCormick as Shell
Elwyn Brook Jones as Tober
Cyril Cusak as Pat
Dan O’Herlihy as Nolan
Roy Irving as Murphy
Maureen Delany as Theresa
Fay Compton as Rosie
Beryl Measor as Maudie
W.G. Ray as Father Tom
William Hartnell as Fencie
Kitty Kirwan as Granny
Joseph Tomelty as Cabby
SYNOPSIS
"This story is told against a background of political unrest in a city of Northern Ireland. It is not concerned with the struggle between law and an illegal organisation, but only with the conflict in the hearts the people when they become unexpectedly involved." (From the opening of the film.)