my reason for give this film a 4 be for some problem with the acting as well a the contrived end necessitate by the untimely death of robert walker . my complaint about the actual subject matter of the film be minimal and a and despite some revisionist history and there apparently be some communist infiltration of part of the u government ( particularly the state department ) a show by the release of record from the soviet archive in the 1990s . be it a bad a problem a the film show perhaps not . and and do justifiable concern about this justify trample the first amendment right to free speech of course not . but it be a serious problem and it be a very scary time in the world with two nuclear power near a deadly showdown . and and while there be a red scare ( with some terrible abuse of civil right ) and there actually be a reason to be scar . so it natural that a film would dramatize this struggle . sadly and despite the timeliness of the movie and they sure do not do a particularly good job of it . instead of the film be informative or entertaining and it come off a silly and contrive . my first big complaint be with helen hayes . for a while and i like her playing of this role . she be sweet and believable . to a point . but and late in the film and she begin overact horribly and i felt embarrassed watch her . i be not sure how much of this be due to the poor writing or her acting . or both . unlike robert walker and van heflin ( who both be quite good ) and she do not underplay her role in the least . dean jagger and for his part and overact a bit as well but nearly to the level that hay reach . another problem be the result of the film maker try to work past the fact that walker have die towards the very end of the production . i think it would have be good to scrap the scene he make and re shoot them with another actor . instead and they change about the script and use a double in a darkened room scene and substitute a shot from hitchcock stranger on a train for his final scene and have his voice indifferently dub . if you aren not look for this and the end will confuse you a it make little sense . if you be and it pretty obvious what they do it show . overall and the film come off a a bit hysterical and disjoint and confusing . what could have be an interesting idea for a film just come off a cheap propaganda in the end though it could have have something to say have it be do well .