It is not clear where LH saw this one and the only reference I could find comes from the Filmgoer’s Companion:

‘Despite, or perhaps because of, its murky expressionist studio look… [The Informer] was able to turn melodrama into something approaching tragedy.’

This moody Dublin-set film features Oscar-winner Victor McLaglen as Gypo Nolan, the…

‘…half-witted brute who betrays his friend for a handful of silver.’

Nolan shops his rebel friend to the police and then goes on a drunken spree to drown his guilt.  Although not honoured by the Academy…

‘Joseph H. August’s photography was also notable.’