In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization by his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
Shake Hands with the Devil has generally received positive reviews.
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Shake Hands with the Devil was released in 1959 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 5 reviews, giving Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 65%.
With a score of 61%, Shake Hands with the Devil is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1959, which stands at 59%.
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