spoiler powerhouse movie that show how men in desperate situation can go so far a sacrifice their best friend and family member and not realize what monster that they be by do it . until like in the case of bull like gypo noland and victor mclaglen and it too much too late . it 1922 and the hight of the black and tan irish revolt against the mighty british empire with the tan and british occupying troop and on the lookout for wanted irish republican rebel frankie mcphillip and wallace ford and want for the killing of a briish soldier . gypo a good and really the best and friend of the fugitive mcphillip be down on his luck not have a job with his girlfriend katie and margot grahame and force to turn trick in the dublin red light district in order to pay her rent . after an outraged gypo work over a potential john who want to spend a few hour with katie and for a shilling or two and an angry katie tell the not so bright gyro that he prevent her for support herself with the only bankable asset she have and her body . katie also tell gypo that he should wake up to reality and realize what a desperate situation that she in . tell the mind numb gypo that it would only cost ten pound sterling for her to go to america and and get out of the poverty of ireland and gypo suddenly remember a poster of his good friend frankie mcphillip that he just saw announce a reward of 20 pound sterling . thats enough money for both him and kaite to travel to america . gypo go to a local dublin flop house and soup kitchen to get a free meal be startle to run into his friend frankie mcphillip . frankie tell him that he sneak into dublin to see both his mother mrs. mcphillip and sister mary and una oconnor and heather angel and and if he can make sure that everything be safe for him to go home and later leave for his irish republican unit outside the city . all gypo can see in frankie face be the 20 pound sterling reward for him be turn into the police . without as much of a second thought and after he assure frankie that everything be all right and gypo secretly go to the police and informs on his friend who later shot and kill in a police and tan shootout in his mom house . with the deed do the chief of police hand over the 20 pound sterling and much like thirty piece of silver and to an almost emotionless gypo who take it and sneak out the back door of the police station so that one one can see him . you can see in the police chief face and action that he have nothing but utter contempt for gypo betrayal of his friend frankie mcphillip . even though he be want for murder and an enemy of the british empire . that how low traitor or informer be hold even by those whom they secretly work for . gypo turn out to be his own worst enemy after his betrayal of frankie a his conscience take control of his mind . gypo see and hears everyone and include his unsuspecting girlfriend katie and point a finger and implicate him in frankie betrayal and death at the hand of the british authority . gypo guilty mind have him get himself royally and gloriously drunk and on the reward money and that by the time he force to to admit his crime to his irish republican army colleague and who have the almost dead drunk and slobber gypo on trial and the money be just about go in his partying drinking and whoring . whatever good feeling and if that possible and that you have for the weak mind and strong shoulder gypo be completely demolish when in an act of total desperation and in order to keep from get shot and he falsely implicate an innocent man mulligan and donald meek and in his crime of inform on his friend frankie mcphillip . which be quickly expose a a total fabrication by non other then the guilt ridden gypo himself . the dye be then cast a straw be draw for who would be the one to put a bullet in gypo head for the final gut spill chapter of this heart wrenching and unforgettable crime and punishment classic .