The Hoaxters Explained

The Hoaxters
Producer:	Herman Hoffman Dore Schary
Narrator:	Marilyn Erskine
Editing:	Harry Komer Laurie Vejar
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime:	36 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	$119,000^[1]
Gross:	$177,000

The Hoaxters is a 1952 American documentary film about the threat posed by communism to the American way of life. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[2] The Warner Home Video DVD release of the 1998 CNN documentary The Cold War in 2012 included this film as a special feature.^[3] According to MGM records, the film earned $167,000 in the US and Canada and $10,000 elsewhere.^[1]

Cast

• Marilyn Erskine as Narrator (voice)
• Howard Keel as Narrator (voice)
• George Murphy as Narrator (voice)
• Walter Pidgeon as Narrator (voice)
• Dore Schary as Narrator (voice)
• Barry Sullivan as Narrator (voice)
• Robert Taylor as Narrator (voice)
• James Whitmore as Narrator (voice)
• Sidney Tomack as the Snake Oil Salesman (uncredited)

Notes and References

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2. Web site: NY Times: The Hoaxters . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521072245/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300236/Hoaxters/details . dead . May 21, 2011 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2011 . November 8, 2008.
3. CNN COLD WAR: The Complete Series 6-Disc Set: Cold War © 1998 Turner Original Productions, Inc. The Hoaxters © 1952 Turner Entertainment Co. Castro: In His Own Words © 1998 CNN Productions. Package Design © 2012 Cable News Network, Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Distributed by Warner Home Video, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91522. All rights reserved. Color & BW/1122 Mins.