In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the “Black & Tans,” special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O’Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization…under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has “shaken hands with the devil” and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
Alternative titles: Un encuentro con el diablo | Ein Händedruck des Teufels | De Mãos Dadas com o Diabo | L’épopée dans l’ombre | Kampen uden nåde | Purista paholaisen kättä | Heirapsia me to Diavolo | Χειραψία με τον Διάβολο | Szövetség az ördöggel | Il fronte della violenza | 地獄で握手しろ | Podając rękę diabłu | De mãos dadas com o diabo | Dă mâna cu diavolul | Întâlnire cu diavolul | Пожмите руку дьяволу | Luces de rebeldía | De sammansvurna | Hürriyet kahramanı | The Raging Men