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Guilty of Treason

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Foreign correspondent Tom Kelly (Paul Kelly) recounts his time in postwar Europe at a meeting of fellow journalists. In Hungary, he sees firsthand the brutal oppression perpetrated by Stalin's Soviet Union and its treatment of outspoken Cardinal Mindszenty (Charles Bickford). Kelly meets teacher Stephanie Varna (Bonita Granville) in Budapest and visits the cardinal. Soon the authorities begin persecuting Mindszenty and torture Stephanie for refusing to denounce his principles.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/20/2015
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Effective in showing the paranoia of the times. Go to Full Review Alan Dale Blogcritics.org 05/03/2006
Guilty of Treason is a B-movie, budget and soul, and yet its political judgments are grounded in an accurate journalistic evaluation of a deplorable reality. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D @RT35616104 04/03/2024 Lame religious nonsense. See more Read all reviews
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Felix E. Feist

Director

Charles Bickford

Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty

Paul Kelly

Tom Kelly

Bonita Granville

Stephanie Varna

Richard Derr

Soviet Col. Aleksandr Melnikov

Berry Kroeger

Hungarian State Police Col. Timar
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Synopsis Foreign correspondent Tom Kelly (Paul Kelly) recounts his time in postwar Europe at a meeting of fellow journalists. In Hungary, he sees firsthand the brutal oppression perpetrated by Stalin's Soviet Union and its treatment of outspoken Cardinal Mindszenty (Charles Bickford). Kelly meets teacher Stephanie Varna (Bonita Granville) in Budapest and visits the cardinal. Soon the authorities begin persecuting Mindszenty and torture Stephanie for refusing to denounce his principles.
Director
Felix E. Feist
Producer
Jack Wrather, Robert Golden
Screenwriter
Emmet Lavery
Production Co
Freedom Productions Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 20, 1950, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 26m