Two mistakes: 1)The protagonist was NOT a Communist, only a schoolteacher interestred in integration. In his own classroom. This brings him into cntact with a Communist group. 2)"Red Glare" does NOT only refer to "better red than dead." I assume you've sung the Star Spangled Banner?!
The schoolteacher and his family lose everything: he: his wife, his job, the respect of his son, who loses his girl an all his friends. The FBI is implicated. McCathyism is damned. The murderer is quite a surprise. Too bad CC didn't have it's black-and-white stuff going then...
Please let's see that things like this don't happen in our oountry again!moreless
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The 1953 murder of a white school teacher, a communist sympathizer who was involved in civil-rights issues, is reopened after the victim's youngest son asks for it to be reinvestigated. The probe reveals that the slain man was killed on the same day that the Rosenbergs were executed and was set to testify the next day before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.moreless
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GUEST STAR
Bob PapenbrookWade Ribble (1953)
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GUEST STAR
Rita ZoharReina Kraus (2004)
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GUEST STAR
Ellen GeerKay Lang (2004)
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Jeremy Ratchford
Det. Nick Vera
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Thom Barry
Det. Will Jeffries
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John Finn
Lt. John Stillman
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Kathryn Morris
Det. Lilly Rush
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Danny Pino
Scotty Valens
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TRIVIA (3)
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Nitpick: Reina Kraus notes that she came to USA from Prague in 1944. In that time, Prague was occupied by Nazi Germany and it's hard to believe that anyone could travel freely to the country Germany was in war with. In addition, Czech communists and Jews were persecuted since 1939 when the Nazi protectorate was established.
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Elliot Garvey was murdered on June 19, 1953.
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Nitpick: At one point during the political meeting, a speaker refers to integration in schools by stating that "Great Britain and France ended segregation years ago". The truth is that in Great Britain and France there has never been segregation of schools on racial grounds.
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QUOTES (5)
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Det. Rush: It wasn't just Elliot that died that day. A whole family died too. You wanna be a man of action? This is your last chance.
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Reina Kraus: (about Elliot) He was true to her, which made me love him even more.
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Det. Valens: But when Elliot was killed, you didn't report this Ribble guy to the police? Mr. Sealey: That would have been pointless. Wade Ribble was the police.
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Mr. Sealey: First rule of the witch hunt, don't limit yourself to the witches!
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Det. Valens: Those statues ain't going nowhere. Mrs. Lang: Neither is Elliot.
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NOTES (4)
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International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Rudá záře (Red Effulgence)
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International Airdates: - Denmark: February 2, 2005 on TV3+
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The CBS press release for this episode carried a note that guest star Orson Bean (Harland Sealey in 2004) was himself blacklisted in the 1950's for being a communist sympathizer. He was even fired from The Ed Sullivan Show because of the allegations.
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Music Featured in This Episode: - Your Mouth's Got a Hole in It by Buddy Marrow - Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight by The Spaniels - Iko Iko (Jockomo) by James Crawford - Yesterdays by Billie Holiday - Rags to Riches by Tony Bennett - Cry by Johnnie Ray - You Belong to Me by Patti Page - The Raft & the River by Michael Levine - Moonlight Promanade by ? - I Believe by Frankie Laine
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The episode title, Red Glare, refers to the saying "Better dead than red" that was often said when referring to communists.
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The Rosenbergs Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were a married couple who were accused and convicted for spying for the Soviet Union during the Cold War. They were sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair on June 19, 1953. A curiosity: After their parents' execution, the Rosenbergs' two sons, Robert and Michael, were adopted by songwriters Ann and Abel Meeropol. Abel Meeropol wrote the song Strange Fruit, which later gave its name to the Cold Case episode 2-19: Strange Fruit.
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Robert: But he jammed with Louis Armstrong once. Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was a famous jazz trumpeter and singer.
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