Walk East on Beacon

1952 film by Alfred L. Werker

Walk East on Beacon!

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Alfred L. Werker
Written by| Leo Rosten
Virginia Shaler
Laurence Heath
Emmett Murphy
Based on| The Crime of the Century by J. Edgar Hoover
Produced by| Louis De Rochemont
Starring| George Murphy
Finlay Currie
Virginia Gilmore
Cinematography| Joseph C. Brun
Edited by| Angelo Ross
Music by| Jack Shaindlin
Louis Applebaum (uncredited)
Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* 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 is a 1952 American film noir drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring George Murphy, Finlay Currie, and Virginia Gilmore. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was inspired by a May 1951 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 meeting of German physicist and atomic spy Klaus Fuchs and American chemist Harry Gold as well as details of the Soviet espionage network in the United States. Gold's testimony would later lead to the case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for treason. The film substitutes real atomic spying with vague top secret scientific programs. Extensive location shooting was done in New England, around Washington Union Station and in FBI laboratories.

## Contents

* 1 Plot summary
* 2 Cast
* 3 Comic book adaption
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Plot summary[edit]

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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) is the space-weapons scientist who is being blackmailed by the Reds into cooperating with them, while Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) is the top Eastern-Bloc spy.[2]

Using state of the art technology, such as an early miniature video camera, and ingenious methods like a roomful of foreign language lip readers, the G-men crack the case and with the help of the US Coast Guard rescue the professor before he can be spirited away by submarine.

## Cast[edit]

* 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 Garrettas Michael Dorndoff / Frank Torrance
* Lotte Palfi Andor as Mrs. Anna Kafer (as Lotte Palfi)
* Ernest Graves as Robert Martin
* Robert Carroll as Boldany
* George Roy Hill as Nicholas Wilben
* Helen Mitchell as one of the lip readers

## Comic book adaption[edit]

* Fawcett Motion Picture Comics #113 (November 1952)[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
2. ^ "Walk East on Beacon (1952) - Alfred L. Werker | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
3. ^ "Fawcett Motion Picture Comics #113". Grand Comics Database.

## External links[edit]

* Walk East on Beacon at IMDB
* Walk East on Beacon at AllMovie
* Walk East on Beacon at the TCM Movie Database
* Walk East on Beacon at Rotten Tomatoes
* Walk East on Beacon film clip on YouTube

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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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