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In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
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"An HUAC (House UnAmerican Activities Committee) propaganda film at its worst. How John Wayne could persist in claiming that the HUAC was good for the country is beyond my comprehension. It is even worse that he stated publicly that he was "delighted" that this film probably brought on the scandalous McCarthy hearings of the 1950s which, in many cases, ruined the careers of many leading Hollywood personalities of the period...."
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Nancy Olson hated the script, but figured six weeks in Hawaii and a chance to work with an icon like John Wayne seemed like a good enough reason to accept. Besides, she thought the film would flop and nobody would see it. She was right, to a degree: it wasn't one of Wayne's more successful pictures, but she didn't count on the constant television exposure it has had, and says people stop her all the time to say they've seen her in the film. Olson, a staunch liberal Democrat, said she and Wayne would often have political arguments, but she would always let him have the last word.
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In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.