Movies by Frederick O'Neal

Strategy of Terror

Strategy of Terror

A reporter and a New York City cop team up to find out who is trying to assassinate a UN leader. Film was a re-edit of two Kraft Suspense Theatre episodes.

Free, White and 21

Free, White and 21

A motel owner in Texas is accused of raping a civil-rights worker from Sweden.

Anna Lucasta

Anna Lucasta

The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out of greed.

Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step

This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.

The Battler

The Battler

Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Battler".

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American ...