Double Feature
The Informer (1935)
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. John Ford earned his first Best Director Academy Award, and star Victor McLaglen took home a Best Actor statuette for this searing four-time Oscar winner set in 1922 Dublin. Timely in its exploration of the tortured netherworld of human guilt, The Informer is filmmaking for the ages. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- John Ford
- Writer
- Screen play by Dudley Nichols from the story by Liam O'Flaherty
- Starring
- Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor
- Year
- 1935
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 91 minutes
Air Mail
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Seven years before Howard Hawks’ Only Angels Have Wings, director John Ford helms a tale following a tight-knit group of air mail pilots risking their lives through dangerous weather and over treacherous terrain. When a flyer is killed in a fiery crash, the head aviator (Ralph Bellamy) will be forced to hire a reckless daredevil (Pat O’Brien) as a replacement.
- Director
- John Ford
- Starring
- Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart, Pat O'Brien, Slim Summerville, Lilian Bond
- Year
- 1932
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 84 minutes