WeekInTime Issue 55: McCarthy and the Tramp
Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States in 1972
Who knew an actor could be so dangerous? Spending most of his life under FBI surveillance, the man was considered a threat to national security. But after 20 years of exile, he was back. This week in time, Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States for the first time after leaving at the height of McCarthyism.
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