The Red Menace (reissue title Underground Spy) is a 1949 anti-communist film noir drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen starring Robert Rockwell and Hannelore Axman.
The Red Menace | |
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Directed by | R. G. Springsteen |
Screenplay by | Albert DeMond Gerald Geraghty |
Story by | Albert DeMond |
Produced by | Herbert Yates |
Starring | Robert Rockwell Hannelore Axman |
Narrated by | Lloyd G. Davies |
Cinematography | John MacBurnie |
Edited by | Harry Keller |
Music by | Nathan Scortt |
Production company | Republic Pictures |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
An ex-GI named Bill Jones (Robert Rockwell) becomes involved with the Communist Party USA. While in training, Jones falls in love with one of his instructors. At first true followers of communism, they realize their mistake when they witness party leaders murder a member who questions the party's principles. When they try to leave the party, the two are marked for murder and hunted by the party's assassins.[1]