The Red Menace (film)

The Red Menace
Directed by	R. G. Springsteen
Screenplay by	Albert DeMond Gerald Geraghty
Story by	Albert DeMond
Produced by	Herbert Yates
Starring	Robert Rockwell Hannelore Axman
Narrated by	Lloyd G. Davies
Cinematography	John MacBurnie
Edited by	Harry Keller
Music by	Nathan Scortt
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	August 1, 1949 (1949-08-01) (United States)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Red Menace (reissue title Underground Spy) is a 1949 anti-communist film noir drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen starring Robert Rockwell and Hannelore Axman.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Robert Rockwell as Bill Jones
• Hannelore Axman as Nina Petrovka (credited as Hanne Axman)
• Betty Lou Gerson as Yvonne Kraus
• Barbra Fuller as Mollie O'Flaherty
• Shepard Menken as Henry Solomon
• Lester Luther as Earl Partridge
• William Lally as Jack Tyler (credited as William J. Lally)
• Lloyd G. Davies as Inspector O'Toole
• Norman Budd as Reachi
• Leo Cleary as Father O'Leary
• Kay Riehl as Mrs. O'Flaherty
• William Martell as Immigration Insp. Riggs
• James Harrington as Martin Vejac
• Duke Williams as Sam Wright
• Napoleon Simpson as Tom Wright
• Robert H. Purcell as Sheriff of Talbot (credited as Roberto Purcell)
• Royal Raymond as Benson
• Gregg Martell as Schuitz
• Jimmy Hawkins as Jimmy (credited as Jimmie Hawkins)

See also

• List of American films of 1949

External links

• The Red Menace at IMDb
• The Red Menace at AllMovie
• The Red Menace (1949) on YouTube