Rossen appeared before the committee in 1951, but at the time he had invoked constitutional privilege in refusing to answer questions about his Communist affiliations. He said he had changed his mind voluntarily after a two-year search of his conscience.
Robert Rossen
Oxnard Press-Courier – May 8, 1953
Robert Rossen, one of Hollywood’s top film directors and producers changed his mind today and admitted before the House un-American Activities Committee that he had been a Communist for 10 years.
The 45-year-old director and producer of “The Brave Bull,” “All The King’s Men,” and “Body and Soul” climaxed the committee’s fourth day of testimony with the admission that he belonged to a film cell of the party from 1937 to 1947.
Rossen appeared before the committee in 1951, but at the time he had invoked constitutional privilege in refusing to answer questions about his Communist affiliations. He said he had changed his mind voluntarily after a two-year search of his conscience.
“One can’t indulge in individual morality and pit it against the security of the United States today,” he said.
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