Film

Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005

Directed by George Clooney

  • Drama, History
  • 93 min
  • PG

We will not walk in fear of one another.

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

DramaHistorygovernmenttelecasterpolitical activismpoliticianbased on true storyanti-communismblack and whitemccarthyismtv news anchor1950sgovernment witch huntcomplex

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