The Fearmakers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJacques Tourneur
Screenplay byElliot West
Chris Appley
Based onThe Fear Makers
1945 novel
by Darwin Teilhet
Produced byMartin H. Lancer
StarringDana Andrews
CinematographySam Leavitt
Edited byJames Whittredge
Music byIrving Gertz
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Pacemaker
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 1958 (1958-10)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Fearmakers is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Dana Andrews.[1] The screenplay is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Darwin Teilhet. The film centers on seemingly nonpartisan political messages that are shaped by a public-relations firm secretly controlled by communists determined to undermine the American government.[2][3]

Plot

Korean War veteran Alan Eaton, who suffered through brainwashing as a P.O.W., returns home and resumes his job at a public-relation and opinion-research firm in Washington, D.C. His partner has been killed mysteriously in an accident, and he discovers that his company has been taken over by communist infiltrators intent on fixing public opinion polls and promoting communist organizations. To stop them, Eaton cooperates with a Senate investigation.

Cast

  • Dana Andrews as Alan Eaton
  • Dick Foran as Jim McGinnis
  • Marilee Earle as Lorraine Dennis
  • Veda Ann Borg as Vivian Loder
  • Kelly Thordsen as Harold 'Hal' Loder
  • Roy Gordon as Sen. Walder
  • Joel Marston as Rodney Hillyer
  • Dennis Moore as Army Doctor
  • Oliver Blake as Dr. Gregory Jessup
  • Janet Brandt as Walder's Secretary
  • Fran Andrade as TWA Stewardess
  • Mel Tormé as Barney Bond (as Mel Tormé)

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Fearmakers at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. ↑ Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television by Fraser A. Sherman pg. 54
  3. ↑ Hollywood's Cold War By Tony Shaw pg. 49-50


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