Compares the pitches of totalitarian ideas to those of a snake oil salesman.Compares the pitches of totalitarian ideas to those of a snake oil salesman.Compares the pitches of totalitarian ideas to those of a snake oil salesman.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Howard Keel
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
George Murphy
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Dore Schary
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Robert Taylor
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (voice)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self
- (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
- Self
- (archive footage)
William Green
- Self
- (archive footage)
Rudolf Hess
- Self
- (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
J. Edgar Hoover
- Self
- (archive footage)
King George V
- Self
- (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as V.I. Lenin)
George C. Marshall
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe credits show the title 'The Hoaxters' change from typeface to stylized letters composed of tools of oppression and tyranny, with concentration toward Nazi and Communist symbols. The 'H' is made up of a Machine Gun/Knife combination, the 'O' is a Noose, the 'A' is made up of a Whip crossed with a Blackjack, The 'X' becomes a Swastika, the 'T' becomes a Gallows, the 'E' a combination Sickle and Hammer, the 'R' is shaped from a Ball and Chain, and the 'S' becomes a rattlesnake.
- Quotes
- [first lines]
- [opening title card]
- Title Card: The film you are about to see is an objective report. This film is based on fact, documented by history, and presented in the cold photographic light of events that have actually occurred.
- Crazy creditsAll credited performers listed after the 8 narrators are identified by one of the narrators.
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- Budget
- $119,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 36m
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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