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The Lavender Scare

The Lavender Scare

With the United States gripped in the panic of the Cold War, President Dwight D. Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be "security risks" and orders the immediate firing of any government employee discovered to be gay or lesbian. It triggers a vicious witch hunt that lasts for forty years and ruins thousands of lives, while thrusting an unlikely hero into the forefront of ... Read all

Director: Josh Howard

Cast:Glenn CloseDavid Hyde PierceCynthia NixonZachary QuintoT.R. KnightDavid GeorgeTom KnightJohn PiatekKevan RabatArtie WidgeryDwight D. EisenhowerJoseph McCarthyDavid K. JohnsonJohn HanesJohn D'EmilioBartley A. FuglerCarl RizziJoan Cassidy