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The Gentle Gunman

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In London, Terence Sullivan (John Mills), a longtime gunman for the Irish Republican Army, has started questioning his loyalty to the cause, which disturbs his younger brother, Matt (Dirk Bogarde), and their colleagues back in Ireland. When Matt visits Terry and is implicated in a botched subway attack, he warns Terry never to come home. Determined to clear his name and save Matt from a life of crime, Terry travels to Ireland to confront Shinto (Robert Beatty), the local IRA leader.

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Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine A British film, earnest and occasionally attractive but more often merely dull and muddled... Dec 2, 2019 Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin The film retains a certain theatrical artificiality, notably in the last scenes, and the insistence on action has itself resulted in a scrappy organisation of the material and in a dissipation and lack of force in the presentation of the central theme. Feb 1, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In London, Terence Sullivan (John Mills), a longtime gunman for the Irish Republican Army, has started questioning his loyalty to the cause, which disturbs his younger brother, Matt (Dirk Bogarde), and their colleagues back in Ireland. When Matt visits Terry and is implicated in a botched subway attack, he warns Terry never to come home. Determined to clear his name and save Matt from a life of crime, Terry travels to Ireland to confront Shinto (Robert Beatty), the local IRA leader.
Director
Basil Dearden
Producer
Michael Relph
Screenwriter
Roger MacDougall
Production Co
J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Michael Balcon Productions, Ealing Studios
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 26m