''The Red Menace'' (reissue title ''Underground Spy'') is a 1949 anti-communist film noir

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directed by

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starring

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and Hannelore Axman.

Plot

An ex-GI named Bill Jones (

) becomes involved with the

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. While in training, Jones falls in love with one of his instructors. At first true followers of

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, they realize their mistake when they witness party leaders murder a member who questions the party's principles. When they try to leave the party, the two are marked for murder and hunted by the party's assassins.The Red Menace (1949)
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Cast

as Bill Jones * Hannelore Axman as Nina Petrovka (credited as Hanne Axman) *

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as Yvonne Kraus * Barbra Fuller as Mollie O'Flaherty *

Shepard Menken Shepard Menken (November 2, 1921 – January 2, 1999) was an American film, television, voice, radio character actor. Early life Menken began his career at the age of 11, when he started appearing on children's radio programs. After high school ...

as Henry Solomon * Lester Luther as Earl Partridge * William Lally as Jack Tyler (credited as William J. Lally) * Lloyd G. Davies as Inspector O'Toole *

Norman Budd Norman Budd (1914–2006) was a British-born actor in American films and television.Martin p.470 He also acted on stage. Selected filmography * ''The Cave Dwellers'' (1940) * '' The Gamblers'' (1949) * '' The Judge'' (1949) * '' The Red Menace' ...

as Reachi * Leo Cleary as Father O'Leary * Kay Riehl as Mrs. O'Flaherty * William Martell as Immigration Insp. Riggs * James Harrington as Martin Vejac * Duke Williams as Sam Wright * Napoleon Simpson as Tom Wright * Robert H. Purcell as Sheriff of Talbot (credited as Roberto Purcell) * Royal Raymond as Benson * Gregg Martell as Schuitz *

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as Jimmy (credited as Jimmie Hawkins)

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* * * 1949 films 1949 drama films American anti-communist propaganda films American drama films Cold War films Films directed by R. G. Springsteen Films scored by Nathan Scott Republic Pictures films Films shot in Los Angeles American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-drama-film-stub

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