Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents (2002)
120 min
Once the drama inherent in screenwriter Carl Foreman's story moves from an intro to his career beginnings and what he put on the page into what he was obliged to maneuver personally and professionally in the shark-infested waters of McCarthyism, leading to his HUAC summons, his resilient defiance of pressures to capitulate, and then exile to London as the only alternative to prison, just for refusing to "name names," this documentary takes on a riveting power of an all-too-relevant tale of free speech, civil liberties, and coercive intrigue in the name of pseudo-patriotism and feels like fresh insight despite the many looks into the blacklist era in both docu and drama over recent decades.
- Release date
- April 9, 2002
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
Cast
- Richard Crenna as Narrator
- Camilla Baker as Self
- Charles Braverman as Self
- Gilbert Cates as Self
- Charles Champlin as Self
- Dick Clement as Self
- Warren Cowan as Self
- Kirk Douglas as Self
- Richard Fleischer as Self
- Estelle Foreman as Self
Crew
- Lionel Chetwynd · Director
- Lionel Chetwynd · Writer
- Roger Bellon · Composer
- Ken Garff · Cinematographer
- Tom Piozet · Cinematographer
- Philip D. Schwartz · Cinematographer
- Russell Livingstone · Editor