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In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
Soo Yong
- Mrs. Namaka
- (as Madame Soo Yong)
Vernon 'Red' McQueen
- Phil Briggs
- (as Red McQueen)
Leon Alton
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Charles Baptiste
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
- Dr. Carter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNancy Olson hated the script, but figured six weeks in Hawaii and a chance to work with an icon like John Wayne seemed like a good enough reason to accept. Besides, she thought the film would flop and nobody would see it. She was right, to a degree: it wasn't one of Wayne's more successful pictures, but she didn't count on the constant television exposure it has had, and says people stop her all the time to say they've seen her in the film. Olson, a staunch liberal Democrat, said she and Wayne would often have political arguments, but she would always let him have the last word.
- GoofsJim states that the USS Arizona "is still carried on Navy lists as a fighting ship of the line." The Arizona was actually officially struck from the Navy Vessel Register in December 1942.
- Quotes
Jim McLain: Lot of wonderful things written into our constitution that were meant for honest decent citizens. I resent the fact that it can be used and abused by the very people who want to destroy it.
- Crazy creditsClosing credits epilogue: The Incidents in this motion picture are based on the files of the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Congress of the United States. Names and places have been changed. We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of this Committee.
- Alternate versionsThe version released in Italy and some other European countries is retitled Marijuana and has John Wayne chasing drug smugglers instead of communists.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The John Wayne Anthology (1991)
- SoundtracksYankee Doodle
(uncredited)
Traditional
[Played during the opening credits]
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Dreadful!
An HUAC (House UnAmerican Activities Committee) propaganda film at its worst. How John Wayne could persist in claiming that the HUAC was good for the country is beyond my comprehension. It is even worse that he stated publicly that he was "delighted" that this film probably brought on the scandalous McCarthy hearings of the 1950s which, in many cases, ruined the careers of many leading Hollywood personalities of the period.
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- Budget
- $826,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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