The Fearmakers is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Dana Andrews. The screenplay is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Darwin Teilhet. The film centers on seemingly nonpartisan political messages that are shaped by a public-relations firm secretly controlled by communists determined to undermine the American government.Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television by Fraser A. Sherman pg. 54Hollywood's Cold War By Tony Shaw pg. 49-50
Plot Korean War veteran Alan Eaton, who suffered through brainwashing as a P.O.W., returns home and resumes his job at a public-relations and opinion-research firm in Washington, D.C. His partner has been killed mysteriously in an accident, and he discovers that his company has been taken over by communist infiltrators intent on fixing public opinion polls and promoting communist organizations. To stop them, Eaton cooperates with a Senate investigation.
Cast Dana Andrews as Alan Eaton Dick Foran as Jim McGinnis Marilee Earle as Lorraine Dennis Veda Ann Borg as Vivian Loder Kelly Thordsen as Harold 'Hal' Loder Roy Gordon as Sen. Walder Joel Marston as Rodney Hillyer Dennis Moore as Army Doctor Oliver Blake as Dr. Gregory Jessup Janet Brandt as Walder's Secretary Fran Andrade as TWA Stewardess Mel Tormé as Barney Bond (as Mel Tormé)
See also List of American films of 1958
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