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Walk East on Beacon( 1952)

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Overview

An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George Murphy

      Inspector James 'Jim' Belden

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      Finlay Currie

      Professor Albert Kafer

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      Virginia Gilmore

      Millie / Teresa Zalenko

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      Karl Stepanek

      Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders

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      Louisa Horton

      Mrs. Elaine Wilben

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      Peter Capell

      Chris Zalenko / Gino

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      Bruno Wick

      Luther Danzig

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      Vilma Kurer

      Mrs. Rita Foss

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      Ann Thomas

      Philadelphia Suspect

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      George Roy Hill

      Nicholas Wilben

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      Karl Weber

      FBI Agent Charlie Reynolds

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      Michael Garrett

      Michael Dorndoff aka Frank Torrance

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      Lotte Palfi Andor

      Anna Kafer

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      Ernest Graves

      Robert Martin

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      Robert Carroll

      Boldany

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      Wolfgang Zilzer

      August Helmuth

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      Bradford Hatton

      Harry Mason

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      Rosemary Pettit

      Mrs. Martin

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      Eva Condon

      Landlady

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      Steve Mitchell

      Samson

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      John Farrell

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      Nancy Hale

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      Westbrook Van Voorhis

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      Mary Young

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022
    Were it not for the oppressive and seriously condescending narrative this might have been quite a decent little fifth-columnist drama. Karel Stepanek is "Laschenko", the communist mastermind behind a plot to force renowned scientist "Prof. Kafer" (a very unlikely Finlay Currie) to reveal some top secret data about a project he is working on. The remainder of the plot is presented almost like a Q and A. The characters pose the questions and the infallible GI men have all the answers, they have all the state of the art kit (some on which looked like it had been drawn at kindergarten) and they als...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • espionage
    • cold war
    • communist infiltrator