I have recently reviewed Red Manace, a film similar to this one on the Red Scare of the 1950s. That film is superior to this one because of the writing. This one had the better actors, director, and production values, but the writing was as predictable as the Orioles not getting into the playoffs. In Walk East, the script has everything colored in black and white, with no shades of gray. Real life is not like that in the least. There are always shades of gray. There is no pancake so flat that it does not have two sides. We never get to see the other side of the story. What motivated these people to be becomes communists? When Jews were sent to concentration camps in WW2, only the Socialists fought for their release. Socialism was popular in every country that had overreactive Fascist governments previous to their presence. Classical American democracy was seldom practiced in any of these countries, so Socialism was the only viable alternative. We do not see this in this, or mort other red scare frilms of the fifties.
Review of Walk East on Beacon!
