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The Resource The informer, RKO Radio Pictures presents a John Ford production ; directed by John Ford ; associate producer, Cliff Reid ; screen play by Dudley Nichols

The informer, RKO Radio Pictures presents a John Ford production ; directed by John Ford ; associate producer, Cliff Reid ; screen play by Dudley Nichols

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The scene is Dublin, 1922. Gypo Nolan stumbles through a foggy Irish night, his brain pickled in whiskey and his soul tormented by shame and fear. Gypo is an informer, a turncoat who betrayed his friend to the British police for 20 pounds. Now he can't spend the money fast enough, nor can he run from his treachery fast enough as he brawls, brags, swaggers and lies his way toward his fate
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Standard version.
Extent
1 videodisc (92 min.)
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • From the story by Liam O'Flaherty
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1935
  • Also issued as part of the box set: John Ford film collection
  • Special features include: "The informer: out of the fog" featurette (10 min.) ; theatrical trailer
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The informer
Title
The informer
Statement of responsibility
RKO Radio Pictures presents a John Ford production ; directed by John Ford ; associate producer, Cliff Reid ; screen play by Dudley Nichols
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Actor
Artistic director
Cinematographer
Costume designer
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Sound designer
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
The scene is Dublin, 1922. Gypo Nolan stumbles through a foggy Irish night, his brain pickled in whiskey and his soul tormented by shame and fear. Gypo is an informer, a turncoat who betrayed his friend to the British police for 20 pounds. Now he can't spend the money fast enough, nor can he run from his treachery fast enough as he brawls, brags, swaggers and lies his way toward his fate
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Awards note
  • Academy Awards (1936): Best actor in a leading role (Victor McLaglen), best director (John Ford), best music, score (Max Steiner), and best writer, screenplay (Dudley Nichols); National Board of Review, USA (1935): Best film; New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1936): Best film, best director (John Ford); Venice Film Festival (1935): Mussolini Cup.
  • Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2018.
Cataloging source
NDD
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Music by Max Steiner ; photographed by Joseph H. August ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; costumes by Walter Plunkett ; recorded by Hugh McDowell, Jr. ; edited by George Hively
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
  • Closed-captioned
  • In English, with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles
LC call number
PN1995.9.P76
LC item number
I546 2006
PerformerNote
Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor, J.M. Kerrigan, Joseph Sauers, Neil Fitzgerald, Donald Meek, D'Arcy Corrigan, Leo McCabe, Gaylord Pendleton, Francis Ford, May Boley, Grizelda Harvey, Dennis O'Dea
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  • 1894-1973
  • 1891-1959
  • 1895-1960
  • 1888-1971
  • 1890-1947
  • 1898-1968
  • 1902-1982
  • 1886-1959
  • 1909-1986
  • 1900-1970
  • 1911-1982
  • 1898-1966
  • 1880-1959
  • 1884-1964
  • 1906-1982
  • 1892-1982
  • 1878-1946
  • 1870-1945
  • 1914-1986
  • 1908-1984
  • 1881-1953
  • 1881-1963
  • 1901-1980
  • 1905-1978
  • 1896-1984
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  • Ford, John
  • Reid, G. C.
  • Nichols, Dudley
  • Steiner, Max
  • August, Joseph H.
  • Polglase, Van Nest
  • Plunkett, Walter
  • McDowell, Hugh
  • Hively, George
  • McLaglen, Victor
  • Angel, Heather
  • Foster, Preston
  • Grahame, Margot
  • Ford, Wallace
  • O'Connor, Una
  • Kerrigan, J. M.
  • Sawyer, Joseph
  • Fitzgerald, Neil
  • Meek, Donald
  • Corrigan, D'Arcy
  • McCabe, Leo
  • Pendleton, Steve
  • Ford, Francis
  • Boley, May
  • Harvey, Grizelda
  • O'Dea, Denis
  • O'Flaherty, Liam
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • Turner Entertainment Co
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
92
Series statement
John Ford film collection
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  • O'Flaherty, Liam
  • O'Flaherty, Liam
  • Traitors
  • Informers
  • Dissenters
  • Ireland
  • Men
  • Prostitution
  • Traitors
  • Prostitution
  • Men
  • Informers
  • Dissenters
  • Ireland
Technique
live action
Label
The informer, RKO Radio Pictures presents a John Ford production ; directed by John Ford ; associate producer, Cliff Reid ; screen play by Dudley Nichols
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Production
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • From the story by Liam O'Flaherty
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1935
  • Also issued as part of the box set: John Ford film collection
  • Special features include: "The informer: out of the fog" featurette (10 min.) ; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm70169248
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Standard version.
Extent
1 videodisc (92 min.)
Governing access note
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574444167
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • T7511
  • 39804
  • 1000631695
Recording technique
burning
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation preserving the aspect ration of its original theatrical exhibition; Dolby digital mono.; dual-layer format
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The informer, RKO Radio Pictures presents a John Ford production ; directed by John Ford ; associate producer, Cliff Reid ; screen play by Dudley Nichols
Publication
Distribution
Production
Copyright
Note
  • Title from disc label
  • From the story by Liam O'Flaherty
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1935
  • Also issued as part of the box set: John Ford film collection
  • Special features include: "The informer: out of the fog" featurette (10 min.) ; theatrical trailer
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm70169248
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Standard version.
Extent
1 videodisc (92 min.)
Governing access note
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574444167
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • T7511
  • 39804
  • 1000631695
Recording technique
burning
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation preserving the aspect ration of its original theatrical exhibition; Dolby digital mono.; dual-layer format
Video recording format
DVD

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