The Fearmakers I American Noir Crime Film 1958 I Dana Andrews,Dick Foran,Marilee Earle

[@rogermaes6001]

This film, excellent, is incredibly topical: lobbying, consulting firms that lead opinion like a puppet... and we see a Kerry daring to suggest removing the first amendment. But "you can't fool all the people all the time", as Abraham Lincoln said. Thank you for sharing and the discovery of this film I had never heard of.

[@David-xd3hw]

Quite apt for this moment in time. Thanks

[@orionbirch2705]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@Ralphbo-u6l]

The love of money is the root of all evil.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

The Washington swamp, today, with the same dumbed down people not getting what this film is about, and did a fine job doing so. You can't fix dumb.

[@fritula6200]

We are in Oct 2024:

[@Brembelia]

We have met the enemy, and he is us. --- Pogo

[@ronaldstrange8981]

Been a long term fan of Dana Andrews ever since "Laura" and this film explains why. Regards to all fellow fans. England, October 2024.

[@garyschultz7768]

For me Dana Andrew's best, most important & memorable role was the film The Best Years of Our Lives......

[@garryferrington811]

"Night of the Demon"

[@artistpres]

Very timely film, some things never change

[@earlwest3502]

Quite an interesting film with dana Andrew's best performance I've seen of his many roles films. Nice print thank you!!!

[@stuartbgraber]

Do you think there are some political candidates today who should see this movie? Amazing how history continually repeats itself. Will we never learn?

[@fritula6200]

Stuart...... ALL OF THEM !

[@bewarethelocusts8558]

Because it's ALL SCRIPTED!

[@ivettea6358]

Thank you SO much for sharing THIS Very important, relevant time in "history" - seems like things are NOT any different BUT all going in the same direction "as planned" ....Fear is turning the events, then and now, unfortunately. Blessings

[@FerniDeck]

Very good script and actors consistent with their well-acted role. Thanks for uploading this film

[@kohl57]

Loved it. And especially the authentic Washington DC exteriors shot the same year we moved to the Nation's Capital. The Dupont Hotel is still there, too! Thanks for posting this beautiful print, too.

[@karenhill3970]

Wow just learned WASHINGTON DC has circular streets ....one reason I love old movies....you learn things

[@cathymitchell3613]

Great movie! The theme is still relevant in our day and age.

[@nancycatania7763]

Great movie! Very relevant to today’s political scene in the US.

[@desobrien3827]

So true, same here in Australia...

[@rutheliz75]

This story has depth .

[@rpminc1974]

Dana Andrews always comes though with his great acting !!

[@Mark-g4z2s]

A truly excellent film great intrigue Thank you very much.

[@Brembelia]

Excellent movie. Have never even heard about it before now. Thank you for uploading this for us. 👍👍

[@jubalcalif9100]

Enjoyed watching this. Thanks very much for uploading the whole film. A very good print!

[@CGilsonIII]

The perfect Sunday night movie!

[@goldgeologist5320]

Wow a Lockheed Connie and a Ford Edsel in the same movie!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably! And they said it would never happen! Truth is often stranger than fiction!

[@chriscunnane7596]

something wrong this is after korea,.The edsel ,by ford was 1959 edsel was henry fords son

[@bathcovers]

I think that the short clip of the plane in flight has been 'borrowed' from the 1957 film 'Night of the Demon', another film with Dana Andrews directed by Jacques Tourneur.

[@menudobucket9837]

One might think that this film was based on current events; but that would require a journalist capable of time travel. The occurrences in this movie could be said to be prescient and I wonder if the producers are still around to be aware. Absolutely amazing! ❤

[@Wally-m9y]

Dana Andrews, what a fine, fine actor, he right up there with several others, as Fonda, Bogart, for sheer delight there is Jeanne Crane, Doris "Delightful" Day. Dana was great in here and though I do not grasp much of the workings of acting, I know what is very good and whenever I see these that I mentioned here, I find myself going for another viewing...there is so much to offer. Andrews in 1945, "Laura," a splendid, mystery film I have seen many times. The film never should have been done with anyone else in it later on. I see that as the casting perhaps cannot be changed with re-doing some stories. I hope I never see the day when Casablanca is redone! I wonder why, after mid 1930's through maybe 1960's we had such fine writing, in Hollywood, for the most part...but all at once, with rare exception, we get a dry spell with writers, nobody has a story to put on film. Thank you for posting an Andrews picture, thanks very much.

[@Brembelia]

It's not that good stories and good writers weren't out there, but there had been a sea-change in Hollywood. It was no longer about an art and it's crafts. The incoming people were investors, businessmen who only cared about profits. They stopped hiring the good writers. They stopped paying for good scripts. They sold off all of the studio assets (costumes and props). They demolished all of the back lots and sold the land off to developers. They made the turn to AI and CGI to make money. Everything good became trashy garbage. Where did these awful, soul-less predators come from? They are like hyenas; scavengers for profits only. Like nothing else matters. They have made a mess out of all the hard work of multiple former generations. And they think they are hot stuff. Yuk.

[@tomdooley4226]

​@@BrembeliaAlso, at times in contemporary films, the "message" or some political agenda is of primary importance.

[@63MGB1]

​@@tomdooley4226 Has always been the case. That's one thing that definitely hasn't changed in Hollywood. Haven't you watched many films from the 1940s and 1950s?

[@tomdooley4226]

@@63MGB1 Yeah, I have. But because of recently disappearing comments, I was attempting to be subtle with my comment. I could have been more direct and explicit with what I was trying to convey, but chose not to. Sometimes, you just can't win so you decide to just punt. 😂

[@tomdooley4226]

@@63MGB1 But, directly to your point, yes, even in films dating back to almost the beginning of filmmaking, Hollywood, and I suppose other studio centers around the world, mostly leaned to the left, and, when presented with an opportunity, injected a bit of their political beliefs into the narrative.

[@wayneandrus240]

Exfellent and SO Relevant in 2024!!!

[@90FF1]

Greed and the lust for power has reached astron9mical levels. The stakes are higher now that ever. Good movie. Thanks AM

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Any Jacques Tourneur is a MUST SEE IMO.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur! GREAT director!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@jubalcalif9100 I'm a director myself, with one film, and of all the directors I feel closest in spirit to Sam Fuller and Tourneur I Walked With a Zombie is one of my 13 all time favorite films

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

​@@willieluncheonette5843 WHAT ABOUT BOB ALDRICH ?

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@sulevisydanmaa9981 his Kiss Me Deadly is one of my 13 all time favorite films.

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

​@@willieluncheonette5843 LIKEWIZE ...Cry Terror, The Lineup, The Killing. Talk about narrative dynamics & drive. This is rare, rarer than NITEFALL ...

[@FeelgoodMusic88]

Really enjoyed this film, great story! Thanks!

[@wdfkTV8555]

Is great movie, With Anne. exceptionally large amount of commercial interruptions

[@Janet-n9k]

Thank you.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Polls are not meant to inform, they are to lead 🙀

[@jeffersonsmith1877]

Great movie.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I'ts no "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" (1952) but this one ain't bad.

[@karinteves1412]

66 years ago and it`s only gotten worse.

[@deerhoda7574]

❤Dana❤ Marlee was a lucky girl! Mel was a good little actor 😊

[@williamknowles6209]

This film, although from 1958 is just right for today. It shows how public opinion can be influenced and molded for unscrupulous purposes. Pollsters can manipulate their surveys to achieve whatever result they want.

[@Theaddora]

Great movie. Dana Andrews is the best!

[@tubespring]

Enjoyed the movie. Thank you.

[@goldgeologist5320]

The American government is the best government money can buy. I just wish I could buy a little bit of it for me!

[@karenhill3970]

What kind of awful comment was that .? Shameful 🇺🇸

[@goldgeologist5320]

@@karenhill3970 it was from Mark Twain

[@tomdooley4226]

​@@goldgeologist5320And when it came to understanding people and politicians, Twain was extraordinarily astute.

[@ccocala720]

Thank you

[@fernWald57]

MEL TORME could have sung "Sweet Lorraine" in the restaurant scene where Dana and Lorraine were talking...

[@ronaldw2453]

I enjoyed that movie the way is was made is so superior to the rubbish they make today.

[@Ascertain4Yourself]

Gee Whillikers, what a swell movie, a real squared deal kind of fella, is our hero Alan Eaton. The Kind of movie Frank Burns would have liked. It's Aces!!

[@elvispresley3340]

CHEERS from AUSTRALIA

[@WilliamsSabino-ff9sk]

Very well done. Dana Andrews was good.

[@frankadams2401]

Dana was always underrated and Hollywood never really used him.

[@Wally-m9y]

At 80 years now, liking good/great stories put to film...it must be difficult to make things as this one, Casablanca, Laura, (1945 issued one w/Andrews.) My knowing very little re film making I do believe a very big part is done by directors, working with such actors as these I refer to. Dana was in many films and however they did promote or show their great talents to the public, perhaps they held back on him...while they should have stayed close by him and done all it takes to mention him as they did what they often recognized as "big" acting stars. He was always a huge favorite of mine. Years ago, when my smart and thoughtful mother went to a film showing, she hoped Dana was in it, or Henry Fonda.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Metro police jump here, but a guy stealing $900 worth of razors at cvs….😺

[@jamy8575]

EXCELLENT FIND -this movie

[@elfeo1js]

Very good and relevant movie for the times. But unfortunately there's no super hero coming to save us after being lost in the wilderness. We all just need everyone to do their part.

[@davidweston9115]

Funny in old days influence peddling was a crime now it's the most desired occupation on earth. Influencer. Also: the Mark 5 Bentley is the rarest Bentley ever made. Less than 20 made with perhaps only one or two convertibles made. hope they didn't destroy it.

[@ronniecozzi8385]

Good film with an early portrayal of the selling of a candidate via polling and advertising against the early cold war red scare background plus noir story line.

[@rubynavarro7563]

Great movie 🎬 thanks

[@GBst1007]

Anyone thinking of voting for Democrats should watch this movie and be shown the truth !

[@RaveDave871]

2.00 surprised Dana not asking to change seats away from love his own voice guy

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Make América slim again 😺

[@jamy8575]

Impossible

[@mickeybitsko1676]

What are the 39 steps ?😺

[@tomdooley4226]

Pretty decent movie, especially with Dana Andrews heading up the cast. The plot, however, somewhat dated, although some parallels could be drawn to today.

[@ishaaqpeters8808]

Thanks but the other uploaded for free

[@angelocouncil5827]

IAM here for Mel torma' s vocalizing ," velvet frog " !

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Was that a young Nate silver😺

[@pietrangelaminuti2869]

Dana Andrews ❤

[@wandajames6234]

Movie is ruined by ads every 2 minutes.

[@TomRivieremusic]

Great movie.Back then or now we are still fighting for democracy from tyrant's. Those of you who believe in absurdity will commit austerities. Voltaire’’

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Blah blah blah blah blab 😺

[@TheWilferch]

"atrocities"?... maybe?

[@jamy8575]

Fools error - "democracy" By calling this USA that- you have proven the extent of your personal indoctrination. The Holly stick/HollyWood/ the TV set has done its job on you... say it aloud..... would be a good start.. say R E P U B L I C

[@jamy8575]

@@TheWilferch (1) Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit . (2) People will continue to commit as long as they continue to believe absurdities. (3) If we believe absurdities we shall commit .

[@cdrenfro6682]

The dudes always get the babes more than 20 years younger than themselves. Ahhh, Hollywood.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

The velvet smog😺

[@Farhad.A.M]

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[@keithzandes-1991]

Excellent flick❤

[@60_percenTT]

Someone has lead me thru this trail. I am also following a higher ghost.

[@CamiciNera-17m]

Dana was cold with the hand to hand.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Master card file….oooh..hope my name isn’t in there…I already have a 3rd grade item in my permanent record…🙀

[@UQRXD]

They walked in the office full of cigarette smoke and still going in ash tray and did not notice right away. Well it's just a movie not real life.

[@Alan-yn9fk]

Was this 1958 or more of what we have to look forward to come 2028? Damn good movie and there weren't 18 minutes of tape missing or a tramp doing cigar tricks. It would be a great movie to do a current remake but we know that won't happen. The body count would out number that of the J.F.K. posthumous accidental deaths.

[@sycamoresyd]

That movie describes what is happening today big style.

[@Cracktaculus]

Mel Tormè, always cheesy class!

[@jubalcalif9100]

As a singer he was known as "The Velvet Fog". But his acting was so wooden I am surprised his co-stars didn't get splinters.

[@TomRivieremusic]

I though it was him. Bebop to his death in this one.Bad actor.

[@Cracktaculus]

@@TomRivieremusic He's in another teenage fifties movie where he plays a high school tough guy! So cheesy!

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

Mickey Rooney s success is an even larger mystery to me. Similar propensities = 2 much of nth.

[@tomdooley4226]

But, in his day, a highly popular and respected singing artist.

[@md88kg]

These vintage movies are treasure troves of great English. They don't write e scripts like these anymore. Quotes from Macbeth, Sleep that knits up ravell'd sleAves of care... Plenty of other idioms, patterns, colloquialisms you'll be hard pressed to ever hear from the mouths of English teachers nowadays. Nowadays the movie's are drowned in computerized noise called soundtrack and violent and second rate scripts to prevent audiences from... ....Sleep that knits up ravell'd sleAves of care.

[@MilesBellas]

The 1958 film "The Fearmakers" is a film noir crime movie directed by Jacques Tourneur. Reviews of the movie often highlight its intriguing plot, which revolves around communist infiltrators trying to manipulate public opinion in the United States through a public relations firm. Many reviewers note the eerie atmosphere of the film and its prophetic themes, as it touches on issues that are still relevant today, such as political manipulation and the use of statistical inference to shape public opinion. The film stars Dana Andrews as a Korean War veteran who returns to Washington D.C. and discovers that his business partner has died and their public-research business has been sold. He goes undercover to uncover the truth behind the sale and uncovers a communist plot to influence public opinion. Overall, reviews of "The Fearmakers" are generally positive, praising the film's atmosphere, themes, and acting performances, particularly that of Dana Andrews. VIA PI

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Again, the ruskies…get mueller on the Ameche, fast!😺

[@mickeybitsko1676]

@@MilesBellas joe McCarthy was right all along😺

[@MilesBellas]

@@mickeybitsko1676 Very far right ? via PI McCarthyism and the Red Scare were highly toxic phenomena that had a significant impact on American society and politics in the mid-20th century. Senator Joe McCarthy, who was a central figure in this movement, used fear and paranoia to promote anti-communist hysteria, often making unfounded accusations and using bullying tactics to silence dissent. While McCarthyism was ostensibly about protecting the country from communist threats, in practice it was used to suppress political dissent, target left-wing activists and organizations, and undermine civil liberties. Many individuals and groups were accused of being communist sympathizers, even if they had no real connection to communism, and many were blacklisted, harassed, or even imprisoned as a result. The toxic legacy of McCarthyism and the Red Scare continues to be felt today, as it created a culture of fear and mistrust that has shaped American politics and society in profound ways.

[@tomdooley4226]

​@@mickeybitsko1676I agree. And to a degree, depending on how you view things, they have continued to influence and shape the political landscape through our universities and other American institutions.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

@@tomdooley4226 the country is being run by stupid people 😺

[@kevin-bp8jn]

38:44 Looks like "ole" Hal has a touch of PTSD also.... lol

[@tomdooley4226]

Yeah, just a mere twinge. 😂

[@jestavares234]

And all this happened in 2 days! That´s funny!

[@kevin-bp8jn]

What's up with Mel Torme and the glasses?? He must of had a hard time getting around when he was wearing those coke bottles on set...lol

[@bobflick9496]

sorry......Eaton.....Senator.......your efforts were for naught......

[@karenhill3970]

Not true. TRUTH HONOR PATRIOTISM ALWAYS PREVAIL.. MAGA24🇺🇸great movie

[@Brian-pf7qq]

​@@karenhill3970 only a fake patriot like you, wouldn't get the fact this movie is about exactly what Fox news and newsmax and right wing media has done to manipulate ignorant people like you.

[@jamy8575]

@@karenhill3970 Delusional.. Study up a bit... He is one of them too.

[@60_percenTT]

Who is the master ?

[@60_percenTT]

I'm here. @1:05:17

[@60_percenTT]

No no.. @1:05:05

[@oldfan1963]

If Gregory Jessup sat down next to me in the captive audience environment of a plane, I'd go crazy or at least ask to move my seat.

[@jonstoike7836]

Good timing..on election day 2024

[@martins.7060]

Mel Torme,the Velvet Fog.Or is it frog

[@garryferrington811]

I thought this was about Fox News until I saw Dana Andrews.

[@Poppy-o9o2q]

Barney is The Velvet Fog...Mel Torme`.

[@brucehain]

A real Noir. And prescient. If only it were so simple! Well I'm glad they didn't get Arkansided anyway. (No offense to Clinton, just "family members" tend to use the power unwisely.)

[@LarryThompson-o7n]

Its hard to believe im watching you tube

[@Retroscoop]

So, this is a Hollywood movie about the dangers of political influence, intented to... influence politics.... Funny to see the excellent 1950's-1960's singer Mel Tormé here in the movie with his very carateristic voice.... He did a great job ! Interesting movie when it comes to the political situation in the 1950's, McCarthy is gone and drank himself to death, movies appeared in the meantime swinging the pendulum back to the middle of the politcal spectrum, think Bette Davis in Storm Center, 1956, which is trying to show anti communism at one time overdid it completely, getting so out of hand (McCarthy attacking the Armed Forces) fascism slowly but surely came into mind. Think Hoover, and I don't mean the vacuum cleaners.

[@billynixon2645]

And the Biden and Harris 😮

[@bretstanley8931]

Long before Mel Torme' sung, "When You're Smiling" to the mentally challenged Cosmo Kramer!

[@robertmier2217]

Jacques Tourneur

[@kevin-bp8jn]

Your A very beautiful woman Aynur.

[@Charlee-w1u]

Even a good actor is not enough to watch this script.

[@waterbourne9282]

Very prescient.

[@kevin-bp8jn]

34:49 She's got a friggen Edsel. The bigest flop in Americain automobile history..

[@cookielemons]

Decent. Has some pacing issues and the supporting cast aren't the best at acting.

[@Wanamaker1946]

Wow, this is today with Harris and Obama and the Swamp! …..I’m beginning to believe Joe McCarthy was right. 🇺🇸T24🏳️‍🌈

[@jamy8575]

That "swamp" flows thru BOTH sides- PROVEN. When your choice is A or B without a viable C.... Not a choice whatsoever. It becomes a demand for your CONSENT & nothing else.

[@pmullins1495]

I hate your Nazi - Marxist political campaign ads !!

[@pmullins1495]

30Sep’24

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

​@Anti-Fake-ul9oe N O T @ a l l : the woketards r totalitarians in their repudiation of freedom of thought & control of language. The Göbbels lie has been redefined. Readjustments in mental mindscape daily. "Advise & Consent" will tell ya more (Prem) ! VOT3 NBY 4 PRESIDENT ! (Not even Robert E.Lee PREWITT ..).

[@tomdooley4226]

​@Anti-Fake-ul9oeBut they both arrive at the same destination -- authoritarianism and tyranny.

[@bisedwards6985]

For example, the 3.5 Billion to Israel per year in "military aid" from US taxpayers is a direct result of lobbying over decades. Brave movie making. And of course there is Dana Andrews

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Polling bad as usual 😺

[@AnnaciaD]

the propaganda in this one is so thick its basically farcical 😅

[@oldfan1963]

Dana Andrews made more anti-commie flix than any actor in Hollywood.

[@chadwedul1787]

1958. In the middle of the cold war. This was reality.

[@AnnaciaD]

@@chadwedul1787 not really ~ this is heavily managed reality ~ an attempt to shape opinion and perception. in some instances with completely false in fact opposite reality.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Propaganda? Are you serious? This one went right over your head. Sure bet you are a liberal.

[@freemarketjoe9869]

​@chadwedul1787 it's scary how this films warning goes right over most people's heads.

[@jimlaguardia8185]

Good acting wasted on a weak script.

WHAT A LOUSY PLOT😠😢

[@karenhill3970]

Lousy ? It called out dishonest Men and corruption

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Are you serious? The threat this film is pointing out, the Democrats Washington swamp corruption is reality now. They were trying to warn us.

[@tomdooley4226]

​@@karenhill3970And, unfortunately, no shortage of either in the present reality.