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The Hoaxters
Theatrical Film Poster
Written byHerman Hoffman
Produced byHerman Hoffman
Dore Schary
Narrated byMarilyn Erskine
Edited byHarry Komer
Laurie Vejar
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 5, 1952 (1952-12-05)
Running time
36 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$119,000[1]
Box office$177,000[1]

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]

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  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "NY Times: The Hoaxters". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved 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.
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