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Actors: Victor McLaglen, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, Wallace Ford, Donald Meek
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Informer |
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THE INFORMER is a movie directed by John Ford in 1935. Both Victor McLaglen and John Ford earned an Academy Award for this picture.
Dublin, Ireland in 1922. Gypo and his girl-friend are literally starving to death in this troubled period. All of a sudden, Gypo decides to betray his old friend Frankie and hand him over to the British army in order to earn the £20 reward. He will then get drunk and draw the I.R.A.'s attention by spending all the money in one night. How will Gypo defend himself when the I.R.A. will accuse him of being the informer ?
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Irish
Woman/class/friends story?
- story of lower class
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- Irish
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Vigilante/Revenge?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Ireland
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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