including his own wife, Jerry is convicted and sentenced to death. When he is strapped into the execution chair, Jerry makes a speech about the Soviet people awakening one day to overthrow communism before he is shot in the head by the commissar (offscreen). Jerry wakes to his freedoms and apologizes to Bill and Linda. Bill says that Jerry was right about waiting to get married and that he and Linda will do so after he finishes his enlistment in the United States Army. Cast Jack Kelly as Jerry Donavan Jeanne Cooper as Helen Donavan Peter Brown as Bill Martin Pat Woodell as Linda Donavan (as Patricia Woodell) Andrew Duggan as Judge Peter Breck as Russian Officer Robert Conrad as Pete Mike Road as Prosecutor Jack Webb as On-Camera Narrator Production The film's production is similar to that of episodes of The Twilight Zone. It was made by Warner Bros. under the auspices of the Department of Defense Directorate of Armed Forces Information and Education under the direct supervision of Jack L. Warner. Webb described the nightmare part of the film as the dramatization of a variety of stories told by refugees from Eastern Europe who fled the Soviet expansion following World War II. The film features stars of Warner Bros. Television shows of the time. Jack Kelly was the co-lead of Maverick, and other cast members appeared in Warner Bros. shows that aired on the ABC network. A stock shot of the union picnic scene from Warner Bros.' The Pajama Game is included in the film. Video releases Rhino Video released the film on videocassette in 1985 under the title The Commies Are Coming, the Commies Are Coming. See also List of American films of 1962 References External links 1962 films 1962 drama films 1960s short documentary films American anti-communist propaganda shorts American black-and-white films Cold War films Films directed by George Waggner Mark VII Limited films Warner Bros. short films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films