By David in TN
tuesday, july 4, 2023 at 6:20:00 p.m. edt
On Wednesday July 5, TCM is showing anti-Communist movies during the day, starting at 6:45 a.m. ET. They are, in succession: The Steel Fist (1952), The Whip Hand (1951), Arctic Flight (1952), The Red Danube (1949), Woman on Pier 13 (1950), Blood Alley (1955), Big Jim McClain (1952) and The Phinx (1970).
The Whip Hand has Raymond Burr as one of the bad guys. The Red Danube is an A picture with Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, and Janet Leigh as a ballerina trying to avoid being sent back. Woman on Pier 13 is a good noir. Blood Alley has John Wayne and Lauren Bacall. Big Jim McClain features John Wayne investigating a communist terror ring in Hawaii.
TCM probably calls this Red Scare Day.
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They missed an excellent one (though I suppose they've shown it before): Sam Fuller's PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET. https://archive.org/details/pickuponsouthstreet1953_202001 You might almost also be interested in this: I LED 3 LIVES, a very popular TV series (it ran 3 seasons as a syndicated show, early 1950's, and was still showing in reruns into the early 60's). Unfortunately, the surviving copies are poor quality, a shame since it had extensive L.A. location photography (and the first season was originally filmed in color!). But I found it enjoyable anyway. There's an episode about how the Commies were distributing dope in the USA, something no one sure as Hell is going to talk about today! https://archive.org/details/101-i-led-3-lives-pilot (the series is available on YouTube also) -RM
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