A fair number of propagandistic anti communist film were made in the late 1940's and early 1950's, most on a slim budget. What sets 'Jigsaw' apart, while it shares many of the tropes of these films and was clearly done on the cheap, is that it's an anti Right wing fanaticism film.
Franchot Tone is a crusading (New York?) ADA out to quash a pseudo patriotic hate group that he believes responsible for a number of deaths, including a close friend. Jean Wallace is the "honeypot" the group sends to distract him.
Interguing enough as an idea, but this film is really bad. Cheap looking, poorly edited, unnecessarily confusing and featuring some very over rought and hysterical acting. The film inexplicably sports many A list actors in cameo roles, including Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda and John Garfield; Hollywood liberals who presumably signed on because of the films messaging.
As intrigued as I was it was kind of hard to sit through, even at a very modest 72 minute run time. *1/2
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