1958 film by Jacques Tourneur
The Fearmakers is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Dana Andrews.[1] The screenplay is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Darwin Teilhet. The film centers on seemingly nonpartisan political messages that are shaped by a public-relations firm secretly controlled by communists determined to undermine the American government.[2][3]
Plot
Korean War veteran Alan Eaton, who suffered through brainwashing as a P.O.W., returns home and resumes his job at a public-relation and opinion-research firm in Washington, D.C. His partner has been killed mysteriously in an accident, and he discovers that his company has been taken over by communist infiltrators intent on fixing public opinion polls and promoting communist organizations. To stop them, Eaton cooperates with a Senate investigation.
Cast
See also
References
- ^ The Fearmakers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television by Fraser A. Sherman pg. 54
- ^ Hollywood's Cold War By Tony Shaw pg. 49-50
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