The Informer (Original title)
Dates: 1929 (Copyright), 1929 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Arthur Robison
Synopsis: Set in 1920s Ireland. Gypo Nolan informs on his friend who shot a policeman.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Irish Civil War (1922-1923)
Releases
Date: 1929Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.33:1Runtime: 83 mins Length: 7460 FeetDialogue (dubbed): English
Date: 1929Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentAspect ratio: 1.33:1Runtime: 82 mins Length: 7410 Feet
Date: 14 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: [Classic Images - n134 August 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: Close-up v6 n2 February 1930 Pages: 159-160
Title: [Close-up - v6 n2 February 1930: no known title]Language: English
In: The Bioscope v81 n1203 23 Oct 1929 Page: 37
Title: [The Bioscope - v81 n1203 23 Oct 1929: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 43
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: [107th Performance]
Title: 2.40 ORIGINALS AND REMAKES No. 1 "The INFORMER"
Description: Wrong issue number (no issue number assigned).
Author: SHEERAN, Patrick F. Pages: 91 p.
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349589
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Description: Digital Audio TapeDuration: 73.54 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1379146
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Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1384125
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Description: Digital Audio TapeDuration: 23.98 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1400964
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418350
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Description: Betacam SPDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418388
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Description: Betacam SPDuration: 94 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1419329
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349590
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 93.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1202760
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Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-641659
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Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierBFI identifier: N-598392
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-598389-2
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Description: DCDM - LTO5BFI identifier: N-598390-2
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-598391
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-598391-2
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-598393
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Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierBFI identifier: N-598394
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 93.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1202759
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Description: Betacam SPLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1313116
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349589
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital Audio TapeDuration: 73.54 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1379146
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1384125
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Description: Digital Audio TapeDuration: 23.98 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1400964
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418350
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Description: Betacam SPDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418388
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Description: Betacam SPDuration: 94 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1419329
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349590
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 93.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1202760
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Description: HD Cam SRLine standard: 1080BFI identifier: N-660821
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Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-706072
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 3316 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209742
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 7423 FeetStock date: 2001BFI identifier: C-1219707
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 7400 FeetBFI identifier: C-209735
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 7571 FeetStock date: 2005BFI identifier: C-1397129
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: MuteStock date: 1997BFI identifier: C-1379218
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 3242 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209744
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7590 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209743
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 3300 FeetBFI identifier: C-1356203
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7590 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209740
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 2351 FeetStock date: 1928Stock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209736
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5058 FeetStock date: 1928Stock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209734
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundStock date: 2005BFI identifier: C-1379214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7391 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209738
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 6117 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209745
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 7325 FeetBFI identifier: C-209732
Status: Status pending - Location of material is under review (servicing required)
Dates: 1929 (Copyright), 1929 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Arthur Robison
Synopsis: Set in 1920s Ireland. Gypo Nolan informs on his friend who shot a policeman.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Irish Civil War (1922-1923)
Releases
Date: 1929Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.33:1Runtime: 83 mins Length: 7460 FeetDialogue (dubbed): English
Date: 1929Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentAspect ratio: 1.33:1Runtime: 82 mins Length: 7410 Feet
Date: 14 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour and Black and White - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
(11)
Production Company: British International Pictures, Assistant Director: John Harlow, Scenario: Rolfe E. Vanlo, Dialogue: Benn Levy, Adapted from the novel by: Liam O'Flaherty, Photography: Werner Brandes, Photography: T. Sparkuhl, Production Edited by: Emile De Ruelle, Art Director: J.E. Willis, Studio: Elstree Studios
Cast
(13)
Lya de Putti (Katie Fox), Lars Hanson (Gypo Nolan), Warwick Ward (Dan Gallagher), Carl Harbord (Francis McPhillips), Dennis Wyndham (Murphy), Graighall Sherry (Mulholland), Daisy Campbell (Mrs McPhillips), Janice Adair (Bessie), Johnny Butt ([publican]), Ellen Pollock ([prostitute]), Mickey Brantford, Ray Milland, Eugene Leahy ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Classic Images n134 August 1986 Pages: C11-C13Title: [Classic Images - n134 August 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: Close-up v6 n2 February 1930 Pages: 159-160
Title: [Close-up - v6 n2 February 1930: no known title]Language: English
In: The Bioscope v81 n1203 23 Oct 1929 Page: 37
Title: [The Bioscope - v81 n1203 23 Oct 1929: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 43
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: [107th Performance]
Title: 2.40 ORIGINALS AND REMAKES No. 1 "The INFORMER"
Description: Wrong issue number (no issue number assigned).
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: InformerAuthor: SHEERAN, Patrick F. Pages: 91 p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(51)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 7571 FeetStock date: 2005BFI identifier: C-1397129
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 93.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1202759
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1313116
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349589
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital Audio TapeDuration: 73.54 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1379146
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Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1384125
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418350
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Description: Betacam SPDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418388
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Description: Betacam SPDuration: 94 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1419329
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349590
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 93.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1202760
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-641659
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-490450-2
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Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierBFI identifier: N-598392
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-598388
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-598389
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-598389-2
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Description: DCDM - LTO5BFI identifier: N-598390
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-598391
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-598391-2
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-654908
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Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-604155
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Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierBFI identifier: N-598394
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Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-641659
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Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 93.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1202759
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1313116
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349589
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital Audio TapeDuration: 73.54 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1379146
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1384125
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital Audio TapeDuration: 23.98 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1400964
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418350
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: D5 HDLine standard: 1080BFI identifier: C-1418353
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Description: Betacam SPDuration: 81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1418388
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Betacam SPDuration: 94 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1419329
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 78.81 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1349590
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 93.38 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1202760
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: HD Cam SRLine standard: 1080BFI identifier: N-660821
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Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-706072
Status: Status pending - Location of material is under review
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 3316 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209742
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: SilentLength: 7423 FeetStock date: 2001BFI identifier: C-1219707
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: SilentLength: 7400 FeetBFI identifier: C-209735
Status: Master (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 7571 FeetStock date: 2005BFI identifier: C-1397129
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: MuteStock date: 1997BFI identifier: C-1379218
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SilentLength: 3242 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209744
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7590 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209743
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 3300 FeetBFI identifier: C-1356203
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7590 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-209740
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 2351 FeetStock date: 1928Stock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209736
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5058 FeetStock date: 1928Stock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209734
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundStock date: 2005BFI identifier: C-1379214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7391 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209738
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 6117 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-209745
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 7325 FeetBFI identifier: C-209732
Status: Status pending - Location of material is under review (servicing required)