Walk East on Beacon
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| Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
| Produced by | Louis De Rochemont |
| Written by | J. Edgar Hoover an article Laurence Heath Emmett Murphy |
| Based on | The Crime of the ]] |
| Starring | George Murphy Finlay Currie Virginia Gilmore |
| Music by | Louis Applebaum |
| Cinematography | Joseph C. Brun |
| Edited by | Angelo Ross |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.35 million (US rentals)[1] |
Walk East on Beacon (1952) is an American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was inspired by a May 1952 Reader's Digest article by J. Edgar Hoover entitled "The Crime of the Century: The Case of the A-Bomb Spies." The article covers the case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for treason.
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Plot summary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Federal agent Belden (George Murphy) is assigned to locate the communist mastermind behind the leak, and to trace all avenues of informational access utilized by the Communists. Professor Albert Kafer (Finlay Currie) a scientist who is being blackmailed by the Reds into cooperating with them, while Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) is the top Eastern-Bloc spy.[2]
Cast
- George Murphy as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
- Finlay Currie as Professor Albert Kafer
- Virginia Gilmore as Millie / Teresa Zalenko
- Karel Stepanek as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
- Louisa Horton as Mrs. Elaine Wilben
- Peter Capell as Chris Zalenko / Gino
- Bruno Wick as Luther Danzig
- Jack Manning as Melvin Foss / Vincent
- Karl Weber as FBI Agent Charlie Reynolds
- Robert A. Dunn as Dr. Wincott (as Rev. Robert Dunn)
- Vilma Kurer as Mrs. Rita Foss
- Michael Garrett as Michael Dorndoff / Frank Torrance
- Lotte Palfi Andor as Mrs. Anna Kafer (as Lotte Palfi)
- Ernest Graves as Robert Martin
- Robert Carroll as Boldany
References
- ↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/walk-east-on-beacon-v115843
External links
- Pages with broken file links
- 1952 films
- English-language films
- Articles using small message boxes
- 1950s spy films
- American anti-communist propaganda films
- American spy films
- American black-and-white films
- Cold War spy films
- Films critical of communism
- Columbia Pictures films
- American films
- Film scores by Louis Applebaum
