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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019

Features a special event concerning the programming of the EIFF retrospectives

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The Informer (Country: UK; Year: 1929; Director: Arthur Robison; Writer: Benn W Levy, Rolf E Vanloo, based on the book by Liam O'Flaherty; Stars: Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward, Carl Harbord, Dennis Wyndham, Janice Adair, Daisy Campbell, Craighall Sherry, Ellen Pollock, Johnny Butt, Dorothy Green, Ray Milland)
An IRA man betrays a killer to the police, thinking he is his mistress's lover.
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