Basil Dearden directed, with Roger MacDougal adapting his own play, in The Gentle Gunman, which stars John Mills and Dirk Bogarde as brothers involved with the IRA around 1941. Matt (Bogarde) is driven by a fervent commitment to the cause, while Terence (Mills) has become disillusioned with the violence and begins to doubt their approach. This creates tension between them and also sets Terence on a path that brings h…