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Fear on Trial

9.0 100 mins Drama   TV Movie   1975
CBS Studios   Alan Landsburg Productions  
Director(s): Lamont Johnson

The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was behind the blacklisting, and the resultant trial, and Faulk's victory, helped to put an end to the blacklisting period.

Casts of Fear on Trial

George C. Scott

as Louis Nizer

William Devane

as John Henry Faulk

John Houseman

as Mike Collins

Judd Hirsch

as Saul

Lois Nettleton

as Nan Claybourne

John McMartin

as Tom Murray

Dorothy Tristan

as Laura Faulk

William Redfield

as Stan Hopp

Milt Kogan

as Herb Steinmann

John Lehne

as Thomas Bolan

Allan Miller

as Gerry Dickler

Ben Piazza

as Harry

John Harkins

as Vincent Hartnett

Paul Hecht

as Paul

David Susskind

as Self

Mark Goodson

as Self

Bruce Geller

as Judge Abraham Geller

Dorothy Rice

as Anne Steinmann

Paul Jenkins

as Paul Martinson

Clifford David

as Hall

Nicholas Pryor

as Art Beresford

Bob Harks

as Juror (uncredited)

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