The Hoaxters (1952)
- Directed by
- Herman Hoffman
- Genre
- documentary film, propaganda film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 36 min
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary warns about the dangers of communism to the United States. It presents its case with a tone of concern and civic duty.
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What happens
The Hoaxters is a 1952 American documentary film about the threat posed by communism to the American way of life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The Warner Home Video DVD release of the 1998 CNN documentary The Cold War in 2012 included this film as a special feature. According to MGM records, the film earned $167,000 in the US and Canada and $10,000 elsewhere. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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