"Walk East on Beacon" was filmed at the height of the communist scare heightened by the investigation of the House on Un-American Activities committee of the U.S. Senate. It was filmed in a documentary style and was sanctioned by J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Mr. Hoover's name by the way, is mentioned frequently throughout the picture.
The film shows how communists have blended seamlessly into American society and the FBI's efforts to ferret them out through their detailed investigations. This particular story follows the efforts of Soviet spies to steal defence secrets from a secret project known only as "Falcon".
The FBI investigation is headed up by Inspector Jim Belden (George Murphy) who has the full support of Mr. Hoover and has all of the resources of the FBI at his disposal. Soviet spy Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) comes to Boston to take over the "Falcon" mission because of slow returns from the previous agent. Dr. Albert Kafer (Finlay Currie) is developing the formula for a futuristic defence system.
The film then goes on to show the various contacts between the embedded agents and the FBI's surveillance of the meetings. The Soviets force Dr. Kafer to cooperate because they have his only son (whom we never see) in captivity. Through detailed investigation, the G-men slowly unravel the mystery and close in on the spy ring.
This picture turned out to be future U.S. Senator Murphy's final film. There are no grizzly murders or beatings and gun play is held to a minimum and whatever violence there is happens off screen for the most part.
A great flag waver for the FBI and the aforementioned Mr. Hoover.
The film shows how communists have blended seamlessly into American society and the FBI's efforts to ferret them out through their detailed investigations. This particular story follows the efforts of Soviet spies to steal defence secrets from a secret project known only as "Falcon".
The FBI investigation is headed up by Inspector Jim Belden (George Murphy) who has the full support of Mr. Hoover and has all of the resources of the FBI at his disposal. Soviet spy Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) comes to Boston to take over the "Falcon" mission because of slow returns from the previous agent. Dr. Albert Kafer (Finlay Currie) is developing the formula for a futuristic defence system.
The film then goes on to show the various contacts between the embedded agents and the FBI's surveillance of the meetings. The Soviets force Dr. Kafer to cooperate because they have his only son (whom we never see) in captivity. Through detailed investigation, the G-men slowly unravel the mystery and close in on the spy ring.
This picture turned out to be future U.S. Senator Murphy's final film. There are no grizzly murders or beatings and gun play is held to a minimum and whatever violence there is happens off screen for the most part.
A great flag waver for the FBI and the aforementioned Mr. Hoover.