John Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Boston University's College of Communication, where he teaches film studies and communication writing courses. He specializes in film criticism, film genres and the sociopolitical aspects of American film 
Crime · Essays · Historical & Epic
A Propaganda Opportunity Shot Down: The Changing Image of the FBI Agent in G-Men (1935) and I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
“Putting aside whatever doubts the FBI had about its image in these films, the two films represent one of the many fascinating permutations of the gangster film in the studio era, with the heroic FBI agent acting in a manner befitting an upstanding American, yet able to shift gears and punch out a gangster.”
