to watch this film from start to finish without burst into laughter at some point require almost an act of faith and a one have to keep say to oneself and it old and it a classic and be kind and not because the movie be so bad and but because at it best it so good . this be one dated movie . it also a classic and if a tarnished one . i be not incline to laugh at people anyway and on principle and and i get more than a little irritated when others do so . to make fun of the informer to my mind be a little like giggle at an idiot savant when he dribble his orange juice all over the tablecloth . yes and one say to oneself and he be an idiot and and yet when he on top of his game he be also a true savant . the same be true for the informer and which be on occasion very dreadful indeed and and yet it boast splendid photography and some fine acting and a wonderful score and a good and decent simple story . in the end and which i would not give away and politics and religion and psychology come together and in a church and in such a way a to make the scene seem corny and over the top and and yet so be life sometimes . uneducated people of simple faith behave differently from u ( presumably brilliant ) modern folk and and the scene isn not so much unbelievable ( i buy it and but i know the irish ) a embarrassing . yet people do behave that way and they do say thing like that . not everyone be hip and and it may not even be desirable for everyone to be hip . be people today so much superior to those of seventy or eighty year ago . and in what way . i do not think so . be just different . now go watch the movie .