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Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
Director: Alfred Werker
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Documentary-style Cold War spy picture, shot on location in Boston and produced by Louis de Rochemont, best known for the March of Time newsreel. A celebration of the FBI, it makes frightening and/or funny viewing today. Says one apologetic Commie, finding you have a Party card is like 'finding yourself married to a woman you hate'. Made of sterner stuff is Red George Roy Hill: resisting arrest with the original 'You can't pin anything on me!', he went on to direct subversive classics like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting. More surprisingly, journalist Nora Sayre learned that the CIA was leasing some ten prints a year from Columbia, including a number dubbed into foreign languages, as late as 1977.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Alfred Werker
Producer: Louis De Rochemont
Cast: George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore, Karel Stepanek, George Roy Hill, Louisa Horton full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 98 mins
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