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Genre
  
Thriller, Drama

Music director
  
Louis Applebaum

Country
  
United States

6.4/10
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Director
  
Alfred L. Werker

Story by
  
J. Edgar Hoover

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
April 29, 1952 (1952-04-29)

Based on
  
The Crime of the ]]

Writer
  
Laurence Heath (additional writing), J. Edgar Hoover (article), Emmett Murphy (additional writing), Leo Rosten (story), Virginia Shaler (additional writing)

Cast
  
George Murphy
(Inspector James 'Jim' Belden),
Finlay Currie
(Professor Albert Kafer),
Virginia Gilmore
(Millie / Teresa Zalenko),
Karel Stepanek
(Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders),
Louisa Horton
(Mrs. Elaine Wilben),
Peter Capell
(Chris Zalenko / Gino)

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,
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,
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Tagline
  
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Walk East on Beacon (1952) is an American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was inspired by a May 1952 Reader's Digest article by J. Edgar Hoover entitled "The Crime of the Century: The Case of the A-Bomb Spies." The article covers the case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for treason.

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Plot summary

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Federal agent Belden (George Murphy) is assigned to locate the communist mastermind behind the leak, and to trace all avenues of informational access utilized by the Communists. Professor Albert Kafer (Finlay Currie) a scientist who is being blackmailed by the Reds into cooperating with them, while Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) is the top Eastern-Bloc spy.

Cast

Walk East on Beacon 1952

  • George Murphy as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
  • Finlay Currie as Professor Albert Kafer
  • Virginia Gilmore as Millie / Teresa Zalenko
  • Karel Stepanek as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
  • Louisa Horton as Mrs. Elaine Wilben
  • Peter Capell as Chris Zalenko / Gino
  • Bruno Wick as Luther Danzig
  • Jack Manning as Melvin Foss / Vincent
  • Karl Weber as FBI Agent Charlie Reynolds
  • Robert A. Dunn as Dr. Wincott (as Rev. Robert Dunn)
  • Vilma Kurer as Mrs. Rita Foss
  • Michael Garrett as Michael Dorndoff / Frank Torrance
  • Lotte Palfi Andor as Mrs. Anna Kafer (as Lotte Palfi)
  • Ernest Graves as Robert Martin
  • Robert Carroll as Boldany

    • Comic book adaption

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  • Fawcett Motion Picture Comics #113 (November 1952)

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