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OK, the acting, direction and production values are below average. But the writing is above average and that is why this film gets a 6. I have seen several commie movies from the fifties, and most of them have better production values. However, the scripts for these often entertaining films is usually the same; the commies are the bad guys and the American government officials are the good guys; a simple case of black and white. Unfortunately, most of the things in life are not simple black and white issues. There is no pancake so flat that it does not have two sides. Instead of using stereotypes with predictable plot development and a pat ending, this film, at least, avoided half of those shortcomings. It is an intelligent look at the motives of members of the communist party in the US. The characters are complex and realistic, not cartoonish black and white characters portrayed in the vast majority of red scare films of the fifties. Even though the film had a weak conclusion, the rest of the film was very entertaining.

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Reviewed by boblipton 5 / 10

You Can't Trust Them Commies

World War Two vet Robert Rockwell finds himself rooked by lying land developers, and falls in with some communists, particularly pretty Hanna Axmann-Rezzori. Meanwhile, Shepherd Menken finds himself in trouble with the Party because a poem of his noted that Marx had historical antecedents.It seems to be a rule of Hollywood movies that no pretty woman remains a communist when loved by a handsome leading man, and that's pretty much what happens here. Meanwhile, in ideology land, the multi-racial, tolerant views of the party begin to shred in the presence of individual thought and sympathy.It's one of the many virulently anti-Communist movies made in Hollywood in this period in an effort to avoid losing the entire studio to the Blacklist -- just the highly priced writers and directors. The script by Albert Demond and Gerald Geraghty makes a play at intellectual fairness by noting the CPUSA work in unionization and civil rights. Having done that, it goes off the rails in a manner that Red Channels would approve of.

Reviewed by arthur_tafero 6 / 10

The Red Menace

1949

Action / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

The Red Menace

1949

Action / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller

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You Can't Trust Them Commies

Better Than Average Commie Flick - The Red Menace

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