John Mills (Town on Trial) and Dirk Bogarde (H.M.S. Defiant) star in The Gentle Gunman, a riveting wartime thriller directed by Ealing Studios regular Basil Dearden (The Rainbow Jacket).
Brothers Terry (Mills) and Matt (Bogarde) are undercover IRA foot soldiers involved in a bombing campaign during the London Blitz. When Terry begins to question his part in the violence, Matt warns him to go into hiding. However, determined to clear his name, Terry vows to play his part in freeing a group of IRA members who have been captured by the British police.
Written by Roger MacDougall (The Man in the White Suit) and produced by Michael Relph (Saraband for Dead Lovers, Out of the Clouds), The Gentle Gunman is a tense and stylish drama from one of British cinema’s most celebrated film studios.
