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State Department: File 649 is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sam Newfield released in USA on 11 february 1949 with William Lundigan
State Department: File 649 (1949)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 february 1949
Length 1h27
Directed by Sam Newfield
OriginUSA
Themes Spy films
Rating48%
State Department: File 649 is a 1949 Cinecolor American film directed by Sam Newfield (using the pseudonym "Peter Stewart").
The film is also known as Assignment in China in the United Kingdom.
Synopsis
Kenneth Seeley (William Lundigan), member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon (Virginia Bruce ), a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in Mongolia dominated by an outlaw warlord. The latter captures the village where they reside and they´ll have to make a plan to escape.Actors
William Lundigan
(Ken)
Virginia Bruce
(Marge)
Jonathan Hale
(Director-General)
Frank Ferguson
(Consul Reither)
Richard Loo
(Marshal Yun Usu)
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