The Gentle Gunman
They Branded Him a Coward... and paid in full for their mistake.
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.
- Production
- Michael Balcon Productions, Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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Cast
John Mills
Terence Sullivan
Dirk Bogarde
Matt Sullivan
Robert Beatty
Shinto
Elizabeth Sellars
Maureen Fagan
Barbara Mullen
Molly Fagan
Eddie Byrne
Flynn
Joseph Tomelty
Dr Brannigan
James Kenney
Johnny Fagan
Liam Redmond
Connolly
Jack MacGowran
Patsy McGuire
Neil Wilson
Police Constable at Tube Station (uncredited)
Stephen Dunne
Brennan (uncredited)
Patric Doonan
Sentry (uncredited)
John Orchard
Sentry (uncredited)
Terence Alexander
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Harry Brogan
Barney (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
ARP Warden (uncredited)
Jean St. Clair
Rosie O'Flaherty (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Basil Dearden
- Writers
- Roger MacDougall
- Producers
- Basil Dearden,Michael Relph
- Cinematography
- Gordon Dines
- Composer
- John Greenwood,John Greenwood
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John Chard
May 4, 2014
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 the IRA’s methods. This puts a strain on their relationship, whilst it also puts Terence on a collision course with the IRA superiors who brand him a…