Big Jim McLain Page #2

Synopsis: U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter attempt to break up a ring of Communist Party troublemakers in Hawaii (ignoring somewhat, as do their superiors in the Congress, that membership in the Communist Party was, at the time, legal in the U.S.)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Director(s): Edward Ludwig
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
 
IMDB:
5.4
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Year:
1952
90 min
150 Views


TheY have been there since SundaY.

SundaY, December 7, 1941.

Chief Dan Liu.

Tough, hard, competent copper.

Runs a good force.

The FBI makes up a rating chart

on municipal police forces.

Honolulu rates A-1.

We hit some people with subpoenas,

but mostlY unimportant members

in the PartY.

If theY were important,

theY wouldn't be openlY known.

But You never can tell

when one of them will talk

and point his finger at someone higher up.

It seemed like a good idea

to start checking through the doctors.

When I got to the "G's,"

Dr. Merriam C. Gelster,

I got luckY in more waYs than one.

- Morning.

- Good morning.

I'm from

the Downtown Credit Association.

We're checking on the credit of a...

Willie Nomaka.

He gave your office as a reference.

He's always paid our bills promptly.

What's your home address on him?

477 Front Street.

He applied for credit

and you don't have his home address?

Well, frankly, lady,

he's a little late on a loan payment.

Wrote us he was sick.

Well, he is sick.

He's made almost daily visits

the last month.

We get that stall from a lot of people.

Just exactly what's wrong with him?

I'm sorry, we're not permitted

to give that information.

Oh.

- Well, thank you, anyway.

- You're welcome.

Oh, I know where I've seen you now.

You swim at the Outrigger's Club.

That's a poor subterfuge.

You know very well I couldn't afford

the Outrigger's Club.

Are you asking me where I do swim?

Just exactly.

The public beach at the Point.

Well, I have a little beach

in front of my house.

I wouldn't want you to think

I was on the make or anything, but...

You are, aren't you?

Yes.

I attend a course of lectures

at the university on Saturdays.

If you have a car, you could meet me

on the makai side at noon.

I have a car. Makai side, noon.

It's a date.

I should know your name.

Marshall. Jim Marshall.

Nancy Vallon. Mrs.

- Mrs?

- I'm a widow.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I didn't...

Of course you didn't.

Saturday.

- Good morning.

- I'm a patient of a Dr. Neill of New York.

Will you come in, sir?

No. Ask Dr. Gelster to step out here.

I can just barely recognize

the name Dr. Neill.

And I don't recognize his name at all.

A courier from San Francisco last week

advised you of my impending arrival.

I haven't the faintest idea

what you're speaking of.

Let us dispense with the mumbo jumbo.

We are proud

to have you with us, Comrade.

Your illustrious services

in many parts of the world...

Enough of that.

And for security reasons,

don't call me Comrade.

I'm sorry.

What is wrong with the Party in Hawaii?

Wrong? Nothing.

As ordered,

all top echelons are underground.

Of course, the United States government

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Stephen Vincent Benet

Stephen Vincent Benét was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and for the short stories "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By the Waters of Babylon". more…

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