72 years ago:
I Was a Communist for the FBI (US)
A fact-based story about a man who posed as an American Communist for years as part of a secret plan to infiltrate their organization.
1951-05-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/49508
#IWasaCommunistfortheFBI #GordonDouglas #FrankLovejoy #DorothyHart #PhilipCarey #ClassicFilm

70 years ago:
The System (US)
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
1953-04-18
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/45679
#TheSystem #FrankLovejoy #JoanWeldon #RobertArthur #ClassicMovies

70 years ago:
The Hitch-Hiker (US)
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's p...
1953-03-30
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/41462
#TheHitchHiker #IdaLupino #EdmondOBrien #FrankLovejoy #WilliamTalman #WomenInFilm #RKO #ClassicFilm