
David Merrill, a successful director, has spent the last couple of years working on movies overseas. He returns right in the middle of the McCarthy era Communist witch-hunt that was sweeping through Hollywood. When first approached by the 'inquisitors' he rebuffs them, not realizing how much influence they have. He soon finds that he can't get work, having been blacklisted for failing to cooperate. However, if he will just tell them what they want to know, he can go back to work.
Robert De NiroDavid Merrill
Barry PrimusBert Alan
Al RuscioBen Saltman
Martin ScorseseJoe Lesser
Brad SullivanCongressman Velde'Robert de Niro''s climactic courtroom speech is an almost verbatim lift of a speech made by lawyer Joseph Welch in a McCarthy hearing in the 1950s.
David Merrill:
[to the Blacklist Committee] Fuck them!
Written and Performed by Nat 'King' Cole
Lyrics by Irving Mills
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
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