The Gentle Gunman
(1952)
Directed by Basil
Dearden this film stars John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty and
Eilzabeth Sellars. In 1941 a member of the IRA goes to London to see
his brother who is rumours to have turned traitor on the IRA.
This film advances the
idea that terrorism is not justified but never really gets to grips
with the matter, often shying away from showing the true horrors the
path of violence leads to. Naturally as the story is British made you
could say it was fairly biased but it holds up not too bad even if it
never really goes far enough. Despite having two big names leading
the film there are some slightly dodgy accents in use here.
3/5
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