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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.
Jun 2, 2024 · Released in 1991, Guilty by Suspicion is a gripping drama that takes us into the dark and turbulent era of Hollywood during the McCarthy era. Directed by Irwin Winkler, the film tells the story of David Merrill, a successful film director who finds himself caught in the midst of the anti-communist investigations of the House Un-American ...
Films like GUILTY BY SUSPICION are attempting to rewrite history by portraying the villains as heroes. Please don’t be manipulated by this kind of political disinformation. Unfortunately, in the Hollywood of the 1990s, the good guys are blacklisted.
The directorial debut of producer Irwin Winkler, Guilty by Suspicion is a sobering account of one movie executive's woes in dealing with the political fallout from the McCarthy Era Hollywood blacklist. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill, a film director in the 1950s whose obsession with his burgeoning career has estranged him from his wife Ruth (Annette Bening) and their son. When he ...
Mar 15, 1991 · Guilty By Suspicion. By Peter Travers. March 15, 1991. The blacklist era of the fifties, when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) wrecked reputations and lives by ferreting out ...
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A successful Hollywood movie director unexpectedly falls under the accusations of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the notorious communist witch hunts of the 1950s. He's forced to re-assess his career, family and relationships as his once-secure life plunges into chaos.
