This week on Our Hero De Niro, the Mikes dive into Guilty by Suspicion, a sobering drama about the Hollywood blacklist era, starring Robert De Niro as a principled director navigating loyalty, fear, and career collapse during the Red Scare. They examine the film's historical framing, De Niro's restrained performance, and how the story avoids big courtroom theatrics in favor of quieter moral tension. Plus: Breaking Bad montages, the war on TikTok brain rot, and whether or not the Mikes would flip during the Red Scare.

Wikipedia page for Guilty by Suspicion.

Films recommended this episode:

• Oppenheimer
• Hail, Caesar!

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Next week: Mean Streets

Supplemental Links:

• MikeBackAtYou's 10 Best Films of the 21st Century
• Mikethefab's 10 Best Films of the 21st Century
• Chronol-Oppenheimer