THE COMMUNIST WITCH HUNTS OF THE 1950s COME BACK TO HAUNT ITS SURVIVORS WHEN LILLY AND THE TEAM RE-INVESTIGATE A MURDER,ON A REBROADCAST OF �COLD CASE,� ON A SPECIAL NIGHT AND TIME, SATURDAY, MAY 28 AT 9:00 PM
Orson Bean, Blacklisted in Real-Life by Hollywood in the 1950s, Guest Stars
�Red Glare� � Old wounds caused by the communist witch hunts of the l950s are re-opened when Lilly and the team re-investigate an unsolved murder from 1953, on a rebroadcast of COLD CASE Saturday, May 28 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tim Matheson directed from a script by Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie. (Originally broadcast 11/21/04)
When an emotionally scarred son learns of his father's unsolved and brutal murder in 1953, he asks Rush and Valens to re-open the case, as he believes that his estranged mother is the killer. Lilly learns that the murdered man�s life was endangered due to his association with a group of intellectuals whom the government believed were Communists. Meanwhile, Rush's younger sister, the black sheep of the family, suddenly shows up at the station asking for a place to stay.
Guest star Orson Bean plays a suspected communist sympathizer. In fact, Bean was blacklisted in the l950s for being a communist sympathizer. Although the rumors about his politics were unfounded, Mr. Bean didn�t work for one year. Ed Sullivan even fired him from his popular weekly variety show until, according to Bean, �the heat was off.�
Lilly Rush: Kathryn Morris
John Stillman: John Finn
Nick Vera: Jeremy Ratchford
Will Jeffries: Thom Barry
Scotty Valens: Danny Pino
Elliot Garvey (�53): Josh Randall
Robert (�53): Kendre Berry
Norman (�53): Bucky Dominick
Boy (�53): Wyatt Smith
Girl (�53): Stephanie Patton
Mr. Jenkins (�53): David Grant Wright
Christina: Nicky Aycox
Howard Lang: Randy Oglesby
Claire Copely: Patricia Forte
Renaldo Copely (�53): Gilbert Glenn Brown
George Sealey: Orson Bean
George Sealey (�53): Johnny Sneed
Reina Kraus (�53): Iva Hasperger
Dean Lang: Dion Anderson
Dean Lang (�53): Patrick J. Adams
Kay Lang (�53): Kimberly Quinn
Heather (�53): Emily Montague
Kay Lan: Ellen Geer
Reina Kraus: Rita Zohar
Wade Ribble (�53): Bob Papenbrook
RATING: To Be Announced
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