The Informer

"The Informer" is a 1935 film of a dim whitted ex IRA member who betrays his former commander for 20 pounds reward during the Irish Civil War of 1922 and the consequences that result. Directed by John Ford
==Cast==
*Victor McLaglen..."Gypo"? Nolan
*Heather Angel...... Mary McPhillip
*Wallace Ford....... Frankie McPhillip
*Francis Ford........"Judge" Flynn
==Notes==
*Based on a 1925 noviel by Liam O'Flaherty-a cousin of director John Ford
*Francis Ford was the elder brother of director John Ford
*Wallace Ford was not related to John Ford--it was his stage name for real name Samuel Jones Grundy
* Victor McLaglen served in the British Army duiring World War I with the Middlesex Regiment and not the Royal Irish Fusliers as was later claimed.