646f9e108c In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermot O&#39;Neill finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can he get out? In Ireland, it&#39;s 1941 and Irish Republicans have made a tentative bond with Nazi Germany to help Ireland in its never-ending struggle with Great Britain. A small cell of IRA soldiers is recruited in one village, under the flimsy leadership of the morally and physically lame Don McGinnis. Among the new recruits is Dermot O&#39;Neill, who wants to free Ireland from Britain, but is notconvinced of the meansare his colleagues. McGinnis, in love with Dermot&#39;s sister, who spurns him, means to prove himself through violence, even though he&#39;s not able due to his disability to participate in the raids he sends Dermot and others on. On one such raid, Dermot and his pal Sean Reilly are separated from the squad. Dermot helps the wounded Sean to safety, but when Sean returns to their village and is captured, Dermot must decide whether his duty lies with the cause, with Ireland, or with his own humanity. &quot;The Night Fighters&quot; was shown recently in a cable channel. When we came to IMDb to comment on it, we just couldn&#39;t find it. Doing a little research, we came to realize it is listed under &quot;A Terrible Beauty&quot;, a deceiving title for a movie that has nothing to do with beauty. Considering it had been directed by the great Tay Garnett, and with a cast that included Robert Mitchum, Richard Harris, Ann Heywood, Cyril Cusak, and Dan O&#39;Herlihy, among others, the early promise seemed to evaporatewe watched it.<br/><br/>It is not a horrible movie by any means. The story about the organization of an IRA faction in Northern Ireland is at the center of the story. Evidently the adaptation of the novel in which this book is based by R. Wright Campbell doesn&#39;t make much sense. To make matters worse, the ending leaves the viewer even more confused. It appears the screen play must have had many changes and the finished version doesn&#39;t shed new light on the subject matter.<br/><br/>The best thing in the film are Robert Mitchum and Richard Harris who seemed to have been having a great time with one anotherit is evident in the film. Robert Mitchum is an irish-man who joins the IRA during the WW2 era. They plan to fight the British while they&#39;re occupied with the Germans. Could have been a much better movie if the people didn&#39;t act so one- dimensional. I almost yawned a few times.<br/><br/>Where I saw it: Showtime Extreme (ironic, i know)<br/><br/>My grade: C-
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