The Angry Silence

This film will probably seem anti-union to modern audiences, but like "On the Waterfront", it's really using a scenario where a union is abused by corrupt men in order to deal with a bigger issue. Lee is not portrayed as someone who has the worker's interests at heart, and when a real union official enters the story during the film's climax, he's treated as a decent person trying to help.

Powerful film.

This was pretty good until the "angry silence" of the title kicks in. Prior to that, it was an interestingly shaded drama of labor-management relations. Afterwards, it becomes one of those "one man's ideals pitted against the system" type of movies, and you know how those end up.

Good film.