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. 译文(2): 1921年在都柏林，爱尔兰共和军与“黑色和棕色”特种部队作战，英国特种部队采取了严厉的措施。爱尔兰裔美国医学院学生 Kerry O’Shea 希望保持冷漠，但是拯救一个受伤的朋友让他被宣布为非法，并且无情地加入了反叛组织... ... 在他的前教授 Sean Lenihan 的领导下，他已经“与魔鬼握手”，并且开始认为战斗本身就是一个目的。当克里爱上一个美丽的英国人质，而英国提出的和平条约不足以让勒尼汉满意时，情况就变得复杂起来。