The Informer is a 1929 British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Arthur Robison

Arthur Robison

Arthur Robison was a German film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 20 films between 1916 and 1935.-Selected filmography:* A Night of Horror...

 and starring Lya De Putti

Lya De Putti

Lya De Putti was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters.-Early life and career:...

, Lars Hanson

Lars Hanson

Lars Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.-Biography:...

, Warwick Ward

Warwick Ward

Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...

 and Carl Harbord. It was based on the novel The Informer

The Informer (novel)

The Informer is a novel by Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty published in 1925. It received the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize.-Plot summary:Set in 1920's Dublin in the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, the novel centers on Gypo Nolan...

by Liam O'Flaherty

Liam O'Flaherty

Liam O'Flaherty was a significant Irish novelist and short story writer and a major figure in the Irish literary renaissance, born August 28, 1896, died September 7, 1984.-Biography:...

 which was more famously adapted in the 1935 film The Informer. A man betrays his best friend, a member of a terrorist organisation, to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation.

Cast

• Lya De Putti
  Lya De Putti
  Lya De Putti was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters.-Early life and career:...
  
   - Katie Fox
• Lars Hanson
  Lars Hanson
  Lars Hanson was a Swedish film and stage actor, internationally mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.-Biography:...
  
   - Gypo Nolan
• Warwick Ward
  Warwick Ward
  Warwick Ward was an English actor and film producer. He appeared in 64 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958.He was born in St...
  
   - Dan Gallagher
• Carl Harbord - Francis McPhilip
• Dennis Wyndham
  Dennis Wyndham
  Dennis Wyndham was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa....
  
   - Murphy
• Janice Adair - Bessie
• Daisy Campbell
  Daisy Campbell
  -Selected filmography:* Demos * A Woman of No Importance * The White Shadow * The Wonderful Wooing * Irish Destiny * London * Poppies of Flanders * Second to None...
  
   - Mrs McPhillip
• Craighall Sherry - Mulholland
• Ray Milland
  Ray Milland
  Ray Milland was a Welsh actor and director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend , a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind , the murder-plotting...
  
   - Sharpshooter
• Ellen Pollock
  Ellen Pollock
  Ellen Pollack was a British character actress, mainly appeared on stage in London's West End. She also appeared in several films.Pollack was born in Heidelberg, Germany and died in London, England.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - Prostitute
• Johnny Butt
  Johnny Butt
  -Selected filmography:* Far from the Madding Crowd * Lawyer Quince * Nell Gwyn * Second to None * Passion Island * The Last Post * The Clue of the New Pin -External links:...
  
  - Publican