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Joseph McCarthy was censured by the US Senate in 1954, and this brought to end the bizarre and vindictive witch hunt called McCarthyism, which had terrorized Hollywood and destroyed numerous careers of folks in government and entertainment who had dabbled a bit in socialist politics (and those who were thought to have dabbled).
The film has a rambling plot and does not seem to have a coherent theme, but ends with a tacit denunciation of McCarthyism three years after the fact.
The film also stars Chaplin's son, Michael, who became a Cambridge grad and who would publish the tell-all book I Couldn't Smoke the Grass on My Father's Lawn: Pot, Girls and Swingers in London's Ultra Mod Set.
The book apparently exposed a less than pleasant aspect of Charlie Chaplin as a father, although I have not read the book yet. But it looks like a fun read!
