The read
It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
In the United States, oil magnate Johnston backs Roberts, a ruthless political candidate who has his main rival murdered and rises to the governorship. When journalist Jack Lawrence exposes Roberts’s corruption, the authorities crush a workers’ strike and silence the newspaper, ultimately framing Lawrence for murder and executing him.
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Key crew
- Vladimir SmidtgofDirector
- Vladimir SmidtgofWriter
Cast
- Boris AzarovJack Lawrens
- Igor ChernyakJohnston’s Eldest Son
- Nina ShaternikovaLittle Jenny
- Gennadi MichurinKurt – engineer, editor of the Worker’s Newspaper
- Boris FeodosyevBanker’s Secretary
- Pyotr PodvalniyBishop
- Yuri LavrovBilly, Correspondent
- Iona Biy-BrodskiyMan Speaking on the Telephone
- Georg MartinGovernor Roberts
- Pavel NaumovMr. Johnston
- Serhii MininHarry
- Yevgeniy VilbushevichMr. Smith