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''My Son John'' is a 1952 American drama film, starring Robert Walker as a man whose parents suspect he may be working as a Communist spy. It was directed by Leo McCarey. One of the last films produced as part of Hollywood's contribution to McCarthyism, the film received an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, possibly an attempt by Hollywood to signal its loyalty to red-baiting officials in Washington. ==Development== Paramount built interest in the project by reporting the casting of each role, beginning with the news that Helen Hayes was considering it for her return to film after more than 15 years. The details of the story were kept secret while it was first described in one news report as "a contemporary drama about the relationship between a mother and son, described by McCarey as 'highly emotional but with much humor'".〔 Despite McCarey's "close-mouthed silence" for two months and a public warning to Hayes not to discuss the plot, it was reported that "word has gotten around Hollywood with the authority such wisps of information always have that the son ... is a traitor to his country–an agent of Communist espionage." ''Daily Variety'' reported that Hayes, mirroring certain current events, would shoot her son in the film and be tried for his murder. Ten days into shooting, the plot's unknowns continued to garner press coverage. McCarey denied it was the Alger Hiss story and said it had a "happy ending". He offered this: Hayes denied that the film's "message" attracted her to the project: "I just like the character and the story. I am deadly set against messages as the prime factor for taking a part. But I do feel the picture is a very exciting comment on a certain phase of our living today".〔 In April 1952, just after the film opened, Bosley Crowther noted that ''My Son John'' provided an ironic contrast to all the public outcry about Communist subversion in the film industry on the part of the American Legion and the Catholic War Veterans. He wrote: Filming took place in Washington, DC, Manassas, Virginia, and Hollywood.〔 It was the last film role of Robert Walker. It was reported that he died less than a week after completing work on the film, though in fact McCarey had to alter the film's ending because of Walker's unfilmed sequences and use a shot of Walker from Alfred Hitchcock's ''Strangers on a Train''. A month after the film opened, the Catholic Press Association awarded McCarey its 1952 Literary Prize for "exemplification of Christian, Catholic principles", citing his work on ''My Son John'' and other films. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「My Son John」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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