The Whip Hand

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The Whip Hand is a 1951 American Cold War thriller film about a journalist uncovering a sinister communist plot in a small town.

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instanceOf Cold War film
film
thriller film
basedOn original screenplay
blackAndWhite true
castMember Carla Balenda
Edgar Barrier
Elliott Reid
Raymond Burr
cinematographyBy Nicholas Musuraca
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfSetting United States of America
surface form: United States
director William Cameron Menzies
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Samuel E. Beetley NERFINISHED
era post-World War II American cinema
filmingProcess black-and-white cinematography
follows journalist investigating a sinister communist plot in a small town
genre Cold War film
thriller film
hasMotif mysterious illness in a town
secret laboratory
hasPropagandaElement anti-communist messaging
hasTheme Cold War paranoia
anti-communism
conspiracy
intendedAudience general film audience
leadActor Elliott Reid
mainCharacterOccupation journalist
medium theatrical feature film
musicBy Leigh Harline
narrativeLocation small American town
originalLanguage English
partOf American Cold War cinema
portrays communist infiltration in the United States
producer Sid Rogell
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
publicationDate 1951
releaseYear 1951
runtimeMinutes approximately 82
screenwriter Ben Roberts
Harriet Frank Jr.
Roy Chanslor
setInPeriod Cold War
targetIdeology communism

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William Cameron Menzies directed The Whip Hand