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Point Of Order

1963, Movie, NR, 97 mins

Point Of Order: Review

POINT OF ORDER is a 95-minute distillation of the high points of the 36-day Army-McCarthy hearings conducted by the US Senate in 1954. Although the movie is totally unremarkable as a piece of filmmaking, its contents render it compelling and thoroughly entertaining. The back-story: By 1954, Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin had risen to a position of immense power by enflaming and feeding off of the anti-Communist hatred and hysteria that was gripping millions ... read more leave a comment