{"id":41199,"date":"2018-10-22T11:26:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41199"},"modified":"2022-09-05T17:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T00:00:48","slug":"devils-disciple-the-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41199","title":{"rendered":"Devil’s Disciple, The (1959)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We don’t arrest them unless we’re going to hang ’em.” <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nDuring the American Revolutionary War, a priest (Burt Lancaster) rides with a local parishioner (Neil McCallum) to the imminent hanging of McCallum’s father, wrongly accused of treason by Major Swindon (Harry Andrews) and his superior, General Burgoyne (Laurence Olivier) — but they are too late to save him. McCallum’s prodigal brother (Kirk Douglas) rescues his father’s hung body and returns it to his childhood home, where Lancaster insists on allowing Douglas safe haven despite the protests of his wife (Janette Scott). When Lancaster is called away to oversee the sudden funeral of Douglas’s mother (Eva Le Gallienne), Douglas is mistaken by British soldiers for Lancaster, and taken away to be hanged. How will Lancaster respond when he returns and learns what has transpired — including his wife’s sudden affection for Douglas?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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