Walk East on Beacon

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Walk East on Beacon is a 1952 Cold War espionage film directed by Alfred L. Werker that dramatizes FBI efforts to thwart a Soviet spy ring operating in the United States.

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instanceOf Cold War espionage film
film
basedOn Walk East on Beacon! (article)
linked to: Walk East on Beacon
basedOnAuthor J. Edgar Hoover
cinematographyBy Joseph C. Brun
countryOfOrigin United States
director Alfred L. Werker
distributor Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Corporation
linked to: Columbia Pictures
featuresOrganization Federal Bureau of Investigation
filmingStyle semi-documentary
genre crime film
drama film
espionage film
spy film
hasFBICooperation true
language English
musicBy Louis Applebaum
notableFor semi-documentary style depiction of FBI counter-espionage work
plotSummary FBI agents work to uncover and stop a Soviet spy ring operating in the United States during the Cold War.
portrays Soviet espionage in the United States
producer Louis De Rochemont
linked to: Louis de Rochemont
productionCompany Louis De Rochemont Associates
releaseDecade 1950s
releaseYear 1952
runtimeMinutes 98
screenplayBy Emmett Lavery
linked to: Emmet Lavery

Lillian Hellman
setting Boston
United States
stars Finlay Currie
George Murphy
Karel Štěpánek
Virginia Gilmore
subjectMatter counterintelligence operations
nuclear secrets espionage
timePeriodDepicted Cold War
titleLocationReference Beacon Street in Boston

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George Murphy notableWork Walk East on Beacon
Louis de Rochemont workedOn Walk East on Beacon
Alfred Werker directed Walk East on Beacon
Walk East on Beacon basedOn Walk East on Beacon! (article)
linked to: Walk East on Beacon
Alfred L. Werker notableWork Walk East on Beacon!
linked to: Walk East on Beacon
Alfred L. Werker directed Walk East on Beacon!
linked to: Walk East on Beacon