***SPOILERS***Taking advantage of the many disgruntle WWII veterans returning from the war with nothing to look forwarded ex-con as well as con artist Ture "Man of the People" Dawson, Emory Parnell, forms this group calling itself "The United Defenders"-who's backed by the mysterious Mister X- that's to cure the nations and returning veterans of their suffering, in being out of work with no future to look forward to, after the war ended. In fact this organization is really nothing but a recruiting goon squad used by Dawson to break heads and keep workers in line for big business interests who are paying him off to do their dirty work.
It's spunky L.A's investigative reporter Ann Dwire, Nancy Coleman, who tries to infiltrate the "United Defenders" and expose them and their leader "Ture" Dawson who ends up being one of the organization's most fanatical supporters! That's after being involved in a car crash where she lost her memory as well as name now calling herself Ann Mason. There's also the tough US Government agent Steve Fuller, "Irish" Michael O'Shea, who's been on to Dawson's organization antics since day one who uses the fact that he's engaged-which is all BS-to Ann not only to get close to her but her boss in order to expose his racket!
***SPOILERS*** Using disgruntle veterans wasn't new here in 1947 it was used back in 1934 by big US bankers and big business interests to try to overthrow the FDR Administration by trying to get decorated war or better yet wars hero Let. General Smedley Butler, who in fact turned them in, to lead a US million man Veterans March on Washington D.C in order to install by force of arms a banker and industrialist fascist regime to tun the US Government. In here politics wasn't the reason for Dawson's plans but just money and it fell apart when both Ann Dwire, who got her memory back, and Agent Fuller broke the case against Dawson and his his organization secret plans wide open to the public. Not one of the great movies of our time "Violence" does show how unscrupulous and power hunger men can use those that they claim to help to end up destroying themselves like in so many fascist and communist dictatorships did after they risk and in many cases lose their lives in getting them into power!
It's spunky L.A's investigative reporter Ann Dwire, Nancy Coleman, who tries to infiltrate the "United Defenders" and expose them and their leader "Ture" Dawson who ends up being one of the organization's most fanatical supporters! That's after being involved in a car crash where she lost her memory as well as name now calling herself Ann Mason. There's also the tough US Government agent Steve Fuller, "Irish" Michael O'Shea, who's been on to Dawson's organization antics since day one who uses the fact that he's engaged-which is all BS-to Ann not only to get close to her but her boss in order to expose his racket!
***SPOILERS*** Using disgruntle veterans wasn't new here in 1947 it was used back in 1934 by big US bankers and big business interests to try to overthrow the FDR Administration by trying to get decorated war or better yet wars hero Let. General Smedley Butler, who in fact turned them in, to lead a US million man Veterans March on Washington D.C in order to install by force of arms a banker and industrialist fascist regime to tun the US Government. In here politics wasn't the reason for Dawson's plans but just money and it fell apart when both Ann Dwire, who got her memory back, and Agent Fuller broke the case against Dawson and his his organization secret plans wide open to the public. Not one of the great movies of our time "Violence" does show how unscrupulous and power hunger men can use those that they claim to help to end up destroying themselves like in so many fascist and communist dictatorships did after they risk and in many cases lose their lives in getting them into power!