Jennifer Curtis — Shake Hands with the Devil Character Profile

About Jennifer Curtis

The widowed daughter of a top British adviser. She is kidnapped by Lenihan to force a prisoner exchange but falls in love with Kerry. Her planned execution by Lenihan serves as the catalyst for Kerry's final confrontation and the resolution of their conflict.

Character Facts

Played by

Dana Wynter

Appears in

Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Jennifer Curtis — Romantic Love Interest — Kerry O'Shea (Don Murray)

  A forbidden romance develops between the IRA recruit and the British hostage.

• Jennifer Curtis — Conflict Kidnapper — Sean Lenihan (James Cagney)

  Lenihan uses Jennifer as a political bargaining chip against British authorities.

• Jennifer Curtis — Unknown Political Leverage — The General (Michael Redgrave)

  Her familial ties to British power make her strategically valuable to IRA leadership.

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