Classic Style
The Informer really seemed to introduce a lot of classic Noir styles.
shareI can see it. Very atmospheric nightime setting and the characters are neither wholly good nor wholly bad. (Except for Mrs. McPhillip.)
I haven't seen all of John Ford's movies but this one certainly seems atypical.
///Except for Mrs. McPhillip///
and Ms. McPhillip. This young woman was against Gipo's execution, and she prayed for him.
And Cathy, Gipo's girlfriend, is a good woman. She was forced into prostitution by her extreme poverty.
Listen to your enemy, for God is talking
There was but more probably because it was filmed in a Hollywood backlot.
Its that man again!!