Guilty By Suspicion

Hollywood was put on trial in 1951. The courtroom question "Are you now - or have you ever been - a member of the Communist Party?" caused film industry fear, paranoia and suicide as accusatory fingers were pointed at close friends. But blacklisted director David Merrill (Robert De Niro), refused to testify and his stand became a political turning in the most scandalous witch hunt in American history. ©Warner Bros. Inc