Walk East on Beacon

Walk East on Beacon!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred L. Werker
Produced by	Louis De Rochemont
Written by	J. Edgar Hoover an article Laurence Heath Emmett Murphy
Based on	The Crime of the ]]
Starring	George Murphy Finlay Currie Virginia Gilmore
Music by	Louis Applebaum
Cinematography	Joseph C. Brun
Edited by	Angelo Ross
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	April 29, 1952 (1952-04-29)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.35 million (US rentals)^[1]

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.

Plot summary

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.^[2]

Cast

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

References

↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/walk-east-on-beacon-v115843

External links

Films directed by Alfred L. Werker

The Pioneer Scout (1928)
The Sunset Legion (1928)
Kit Carson (1928)
Chasing Through Europe (1929)
Blue Skies (1929)
Double Cross Roads (1930)
The Last of the Duanes (1930)
Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
Fair Warning (1931)
Heartbreak (1931)
The Gay Caballero (1932)
Rackety Rax (1932)
Hello, Sister! (1933)
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
Gallant Lady (1934)
The House of Rothschild (1934)
You Belong to Me (1934)
Stolen Harmony (1935)
Love in Exile (1936)
Wild and Woolly (1937)
Big Town Girl (1937)
We Have Our Moments (1937)
City Girl (1938)
Kidnapped (1938)
Gateway (1938)
Up the River (1938)
It Could Happen to You (1939)
News Is Made at Night (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
The Mad Martindales (1942)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
Whispering Ghosts (1942)
My Pal Wolf (1944)
Shock (1946)
Repeat Performance (1947)
Pirates of Monterey (1947)
He Walked by Night (1948)
Lost Boundaries (1949)
Sealed Cargo (1951)
Walk East on Beacon (1952)
The Last Posse (1953)
Devil's Canyon (1953)
Three Hours to Kill (1954)
At Gunpoint (1955)
Canyon Crossroads (1955)
Rebel in Town (1956)
The Young Don't Cry (1957)

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