"The trouble with you Englishmen is that you haven't got the imagination to know what it's like to be an Irishman."Terry and Matt (John Mills & Dirk Bogarde) are active members of the IRA, during WWII. But whilst Matt is fervent in his belief in the cause, Terry has begun to doubt that violence is the way, and is seen by Matt with the English police when two other IRA men are arrested. The IRA find out that the two are being moved to Belfast, and plans are made to break them out. Then Terry turns up...
Despite Bogardes dodgy accent, this is an interesting plea to give up violence as a political tool, though one with far too much 'blarney'.
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