The Fearmakers
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Director Jacques Tourneur Music director Irving Gertz Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Thriller Story by Darwin Teilhet Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date October 1958 (1958-10) Writer Elliot West (screenplay), Chris Appley (screenplay), Darwin L. Teilhet (novel) Cast Dana Andrews (Alan Eaton), Dick Foran (Jim McGinnis), Marilee Earle (Lorraine Dennis), Veda Ann Borg (Vivian Loder), Mel Tormé (Barney Bond)Similar movies Related Jacques Tourneur movies |
The fearmakers
The Fearmakers is a 1958 film noir crime film directed by Jacques Tourneur starring Dana Andrews. The screenplay is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Darwin Teilhet.
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Korean War veteran Alan Eaton (Andrews), who suffered through brainwashing as a P.O.W., returns home and resumes his job at a public relations-opinion research firm in Washington, DC. He finds things aren't quite as he left them. His partner has been killed mysteriously in an accident. 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.
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