"He Ran All the Way" from the Red & Black retrospective at the REX cinema

In English with English subtitles.

Meeting time allows us 15 minutes before the film starts to find each other - please be on time so we can get seats together.

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The Red & Black retrospective is about the political left and Hollywood's blacklist during the mid-20th century which banned suspected Communists from working in the United States entertainment industry. It began at the onset of the Cold War and Red Scare, and affected entertainment production in Hollywood, New York, and elsewhere. Actors, screenwriters, directors, musicians, and other professionals were barred from employment based on their present or past membership in, alleged membership in, or perceived sympathy with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), or on the basis of their refusal to assist Congressional or FBI investigations into the Party's activities. Even during the period of its strictest enforcement from the late 1940s to late 1950s, the blacklist was rarely made explicit nor was it easily verifiable.

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About the film: He Ran All the Way is a 1951 American crime drama film noir directed by John Berry and starring John Garfield and Shelley Winters.

This was Garfield's final film. He had allegedly been denied roles following accusations of his involvement with the Communist Party USA. Testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), he repudiated communism, denied party membership and claimed that he did not know any members of the party during his time in Hollywood "because I was not a party member or associated in any shape, way, or form". He testified in April 1951, just two months before the film was scheduled to open on June 19. Garfield died less than one year later aged 39.