The Red Menace | |
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Directed by | R. G. Springsteen |
Produced by | Herbert Yates |
Screenplay by |
Albert DeMond Gerald Geraghty |
Story by | Albert DeMond |
Starring |
Robert Rockwell Hannelore Axman |
Narrated by | Lloyd G. Davies |
Music by | Nathan Scortt |
Cinematography | John MacBurnie |
Edited by | Harry Keller |
Production
company |
Republic Pictures
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Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Red Menace (reissue title Underground Spy) is a 1949 film noir drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen starring Robert Rockwell and Hannelore Axman.
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.