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A reasonably good thriller about the so-called "Tan War". The acting is uniformly excellent, although the story has been altered from the original novel. If I had any major complaints, they would be that the Auxiliaries (called uniformly Black & Tans by the Irish) are pictured as too befuddled and they're just too stereotypically, comically menacing. And in the final shootout just before the Truce, Cagney and Company kill more of them then were killed during the entire Rebellion. A much more realistic, menacing portrayal of the Auxies can be found in John Ford's "The Informer" (1935).Also, Glynis Johns hairstyle is way too 1950s, and she's just a little too Irish from County Baloney.Other than that, it's a very good movie.
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