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I Was a Communist for the FBI is a american film of genre Drama directed by Gordon Douglas released in USA on 5 may 1951 with Frank Lovejoy

I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

I Was a Communist for the FBI
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Released in USA 5 may 1951
Length 1h17
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir,    Crime
Rating60% 3.046793.046793.046793.046793.04679

I Was a Communist for the FBI is a 1951 American film noir drama directed by Gordon Douglas, and featuring Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, and James Millican.

The film was based on a series of stories written by Matt Cvetic that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. The stories were later turned into a best-selling book and radio series.

The story follows Cvetic, who infiltrated a local Communist Party cell for nine years and reported back to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on their activities.

The film and radio show are, in part, artifacts of the McCarthy era, as well as a time capsule of American society during the Second Red Scare. The purpose of both is partly to warn people about the threat of Communist subversion of American society. The tone of the show is ultra-patriotic, with Communists portrayed as racist, vindictive, and tools of a totalitarian foreign power, the Soviet Union.

Synopsis

Matt Cvetic (Frank Lovejoy), who works in a Pittsburgh steel mill, has been infiltrating the Communist Party for the FBI in Pittsburgh for nine years. During this time he has been unable to tell his family about his dual role, so they believe he is a Communist and despise him.

Actors

Frank Lovejoy

(Matt Cvetic)Dorothy Hart

(Eve Merrick)Philip Carey

(Mason)Richard Webb

(Ken Crowley)James Millican

(Jim Blandon)
And :
Ron Hagerthy
Konstantin Shayne
Paul Picerni
Edward Norris
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