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...Guilty of Treason" claims net only to be the story of the trial of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty, but also to be "based on his personal papers and the book, 'As We See Russia' by the Overseas Press Club." These assertions are dubious...
...dreary ideological dialogues between a Russian Army Colonel and a dewy-eyed young lady who plays the Hungarian National Anthem as a diversion. When this young lady, acted by Bonita Granville, isn't playing the piano she relieves herself of such pronouncements as, "Is it an act of treason to fall in love?" She is in love, incidentally, with the Colonel who does nothing but spout party line in a monotone throughout...
...movie, "Guilty of Treason" is badly acted, confusing, and overly melodramatic. As an account of Cardinal Mindszenty's trial, one can only wonder why the scriptwriters had to bury it under so much superfluous and undocumented plot...
...worked at top level atomic jobs in the U.S. (see INTERNATIONAL), led a jittery Washington to wonder whether even the deepest of military or state secrets were safe from the U.S.S.R.'s agents. It also wrote a chilling epilogue to such recent demonstrations of the meaning of treason as the trial of the U.S. Communist hierarchy and the case of Alger Hiss (see below...
...What do they prove?" he demanded. "Treason!" He pointed at Defendant Hiss: "And that is the traitor." The jury took just under 24 hours to agree. The defense promptly announced that it would appeal...