Walk East on Beacon (1952)
1h 38m | PG-13
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Studio: RD-DR Productions
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
George Murphy
as Inspector James 'Jim' Belden
Finlay Currie
as Professor Albert Kafer
Virginia Gilmore
as Millie / Teresa Zalenko
Karl Stepanek
as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders
Louisa Horton
as Mrs. Elaine Wilben
Peter Capell
as Chris Zalenko / Gino
Reviews
Were it not for the oppressive and seriously condescending narrative this might have been quite a decent little fifth-columnist drama. Karel Stepanek is "Laschenko", the communist mastermind behind a plot to force renowned scientist "Prof. Kafer" (a very unlikely Finlay Currie) to reveal some top secret data about a project he is working on. The remainder of the plot is presented almost like a Q and A. The characters pose the questions and the infallible GI men have all the answers, they have all the state of the art kit (some on which looked like it had been drawn at kindergarten) and they also appear to have more manpower than the entire population of Boston, where this is based. Sadly, there is not the slightest jeopardy with this FBI propaganda piece - they even refer to John Edgar Hoover at the end, is if to humanise the man. Stepanek was also reliable as the baddie but the rest of the cast - and the film - are entirely forgettable.