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      Walk East on Beacon

      1952 1h 38m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 29% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings FBI agent James Belden (George Murphy) is tasked with finding and bringing down a communist spy ring operating in Boston. After an anonymous tip, Belden and his agents tail a man who leads them to various suspects, as they try to determine how far the espionage reaches. Meanwhile, the spies force a scientist (Finlay Currie) to divulge secret information by holding his son hostage. As the investigation continues, it seems the Russian agent Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) might be behind it all. Read More Read Less

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      Manny Farber The Nation The movie has been turned into a crushing bore by a producer who is so dryly factual and absorbed with mechanical wonders that his movies would ring like an anvil if you bounced them. Sep 15, 2021 Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine As a documentary of close-up of modern FBI techniques in training foreign spies, this picture packs a lot of punch. As a drama about human beings enmeshed in dangerous conspiracy, I find it somewhat less convincing. Oct 24, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews One of many Red Menace films made during the 1950s, but is not one of the better ones -- too heavy-handed and lacks suspense and emotion. Rated: C+ Jul 28, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      deke p 1952! Future real life US Senator George Murphy stars and fights Soviet communist spies trying to kidnap nuclear scientist. saw it on the movie channel, 4.3.22 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member a gr8 example of the many 'red menace" films of the '50's Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis FBI agent James Belden (George Murphy) is tasked with finding and bringing down a communist spy ring operating in Boston. After an anonymous tip, Belden and his agents tail a man who leads them to various suspects, as they try to determine how far the espionage reaches. Meanwhile, the spies force a scientist (Finlay Currie) to divulge secret information by holding his son hostage. As the investigation continues, it seems the Russian agent Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) might be behind it all.
      Director
      Alfred L. Werker
      Screenwriter
      Leo Rosten
      Production Co
      Columbia
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 38m