I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust.

On April 25 1951 Dmytryk appeared before HUAC for the second time answering all questions. After his mother died his father Michael Dmytryk remarried. Work Hollywood Ten HUAC
Dmytryk made his directorial debut with The Hawk in 1935.

Edward Dmytryk (September 4 1908 – July 1 1999) was a Canadian-born film director of Ukrainian origins who was amongst the Hollywood Ten a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'.