The Informer

The Informer

Rating

No ratings yet

Release Date

5/9/1935

Runtime

91 mins

Overview

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$243,000

Revenue

$950,000

Homepage

-
Backdrop Image

How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A guilt-wracked descent into moral ruin set in the shadowed streets of Depression-era Dublin. A man's desperate act of betrayal for money haunts him even as he clutches at the promise of escape.

Mood

BleakMournfulTenseMelancholic

Themes

BetrayalFriendshipRedemption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

High-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Addiction

Reviews

No reviews yet

Be the first to review The Informer.

Recommendations

Ranked by what each one shares with this film, with the reason on every card.

Same director

Feels similar

Shares crew

Same director

Feels similar

Shares cast

Feels similar

Feels similar

Same director

Feels similar

Same director · A similar mood

Same director · Shares cast

Shares crew · A similar mood

Feels similar

Same director

Shares cast

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar