Synopsis
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Jud TaylorDirector
- Lane SlateWriter
Cast
- Peter BoyleJoseph McCarthy
- John ForsythePaul Cunningham
- Burgess MeredithJoseph Welch
- Patricia NealMargaret Chase Smith
- Jean StapletonMrs. DeCamp
- Ned BeattySylvester
- Philip AbbottScott Lucas
- Wallace RooneySpeaker
- Heather MenziesLogan
- Wesley AddyMiddleton
- Karen CarlsonJean Kerr
- John CarradineWisconsin Farmer
Themes
red scare