... House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) responded to charges that Hollywood was riddled with communists; it investigated people in the movie industry. A group of film directors and writers, known as the Hollywood Ten, refused to answer HUAC's questions and went to jail. They were blacklisted - denied work in ... the film industry - and their careers were destroyed. Just to be suspected of being a communist meant one was a traitor. Anyone who refused to take a pledge was blacklisted and it was impossible to find work. In The ... trade your life for a lie. You have most certainl...

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