The Red Menace (reissue title Underground Spy) is a 1949 anti-communist film noir drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen starring Robert Rockwell and Hannelore Axman. Plot An ex-GI named Bill Jones (Robert Rockwell) becomes involved with the Communist Party USA. While in training, Jones falls in love with one of his instructors. At first true followers of communism, they realize their mistake when they witness party leaders murder a member who questions the party's principles. When they try to leave the party, the two are marked for murder and hunted by the party's assassins. Cast Robert Rockwell as Bill Jones Hannelore Axman as Nina Petrovka (credited as Hanne Axman) Betty Lou Gerson as Yvonne Kraus Barbra Fuller as Mollie O'Flaherty Shepard Menken as Henry Solomon Lester Luther as Earl Partridge William Lally as Jack Tyler (credited as William J. Lally) Lloyd G. Davies as Inspector O'Toole Norman Budd as Reachi Leo Cleary as Father O'Leary Kay Riehl as Mrs. O'Flaherty William Martell as Immigration Insp. Riggs James Harrington as Martin Vejac Duke Williams as Sam Wright Napoleon Simpson as Tom Wright Robert H. Purcell as Sheriff of Talbot (credited as Roberto Purcell) Royal Raymond as Benson Gregg Martell as Schuitz Jimmy Hawkins as Jimmy (credited as Jimmie Hawkins) See also List of American films of 1949 References External links 1949 films 1949 drama films American anti-communist propaganda films American drama films Cold War films Films directed by R. G. Springsteen Films scored by Nathan Scott Republic Pictures films Films shot in Los Angeles American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films