The Crucible (1996, USA, directed by Nicholas Hytner)

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Based on arguably the most famous fictional representation of the Salem witch trials, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the movie is the most recent in a long line of cinematic interpretations of the play. In contrast to Witch Hunt, The Crucible, also written during the “red scare” unequivocally equates witchhunts with the persecution of alleged communist sympathizers during McCarthyism.