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I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. ()

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In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage son think he's a real Red.
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Matt Cvetic
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Eve Merrick
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Mason
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Jim Blandon
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Ken Crowley
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Gerhardt Eisler
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Joe Cvetic
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Harmon (as Eddie Norris)
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Dick Cvetic
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Clyde Garson
Hope Kramer ...
Ruth Cvetic
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Adamson ...
Picket (uncredited)
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Black Man (uncredited)
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Black Man (uncredited)
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Lawyer (uncredited)
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Crowd Member (uncredited)
Janet Barrett ...
Secretary (uncredited)
Brandon Beach ...
Senator (uncredited)
Oscar Blank ...
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Willie Bloom ...
Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
John Bradford ...
Elbert Dobbs (uncredited)
Paul Bradley ...
Lawyer (uncredited)
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Train Passenger (uncredited)
Ivan Browning ...
Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
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Bar Patron (uncredited)
Chuck Colean ...
Brakeman (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ...
Communist Goon Agitator (uncredited)
Bing Conley ...
Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
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Frank Cvetic (uncredited)
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FBI Agent McGowan (uncredited)
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Goon (uncredited)
Dan Dowling ...
Communist at Meeting (uncredited)
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Jackie's Father (uncredited)
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Chief Agent (uncredited)
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Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson ...
Policeman at Plant Picket Rally (uncredited)
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Sen. Wood (uncredited)
Curt Furberg ...
Lawyer (uncredited)
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Tom Cvetic (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert ...
Picket (uncredited)
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Brennan (uncredited)
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Lawyer (uncredited)
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Senate Hearing Spectator (uncredited)
Karen Hale ...
Secretary (uncredited)
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Senate Hearing Spectator (uncredited)
Ed Hinton ...
FBI Agent Jim Broderick (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
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Goon Leader (uncredited)
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Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Worker at Fight (uncredited)
Chester Jones ...
Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
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Communist at Meeting (uncredited)
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Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
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Goon (uncredited)
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Communist Board Member (uncredited)
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Ms. Scott (uncredited)
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FBI Officer Cahill (uncredited)
Perc Launders ...
Plant Worker (uncredited)
William F. Leicester ...
FBI Agent Brown (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Alma Mansfield ...
Teacher (uncredited)
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Worker (uncredited)
Paul McGuire ...
FBI Agent McIntyre (uncredited)
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Mansanovitch (uncredited)
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Railroad Station Clerk (uncredited)
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Sen. Gray (uncredited)
Ann Morrison ...
Ms. Nova (uncredited)
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Communist Goon (uncredited)
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Railroad Conductor (uncredited)
Joseph C. Narcisse ...
Worker at Fight (uncredited)
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Union Chairman Guy Brennan (uncredited)
Erik Nielsen ...
Jackie (uncredited)
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Communist Agitator at Meeting (uncredited)
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Goon (uncredited)
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Mrs. Cvetic (uncredited)
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Communist Goon (uncredited)
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Communist at Meeting (uncredited)
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Communist Goon (uncredited)
Barry Regan ...
Officer (uncredited)
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Father Novac (uncredited)
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Foreman (uncredited)
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Rader (uncredited)
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Senator (uncredited)
Sammy Shack ...
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Robert 'Buddy' Shaw ...
Lawyer (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Joseph Darr Smith ...
Communist Goon (uncredited)
Paula Sowl ...
Student (uncredited)
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Worker at Fight (uncredited)
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Communist Goon (uncredited)
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Communist at Meeting (uncredited)
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Jack (uncredited)
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Worker in Fight (uncredited)
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Crowd Agitator (uncredited)
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Senate Hearing Spectator (uncredited)
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Communist Goon Agitator (uncredited)
Phil Tully ...
Irish Mick (uncredited)
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Picket Line Striker (uncredited)
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FBI Agent (uncredited)
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Black Man at Union Meeting (uncredited)
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Plant Worker (uncredited)
Chalky Williams ...
Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)
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Barfly / Union Meeting Attendee (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gordon Douglas

Written by

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Crane Wilbur ... (screenplay)
 
Matt Cvetic ... (article "I Posed as a Communist for the F.B.I.") and
Pete Martin ... (article "I Posed as a Communist for the F.B.I.")

Produced by

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Bryan Foy ... producer

Music by

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William Lava
Max Steiner ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Edwin B. DuPar ... director of photography (as Edwin DuPar)

Editing by

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Folmar Blangsted

Art Direction by

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Leo K. Kuter

Set Decoration by

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Lyle B. Reifsnider

Makeup Department

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Gordon Bau ... makeup artist
Ray Forman ... hairdresser (uncredited)
Otis Malcolm ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Al Alleborn ... assistant director
Oren Haglund ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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C.S. Friend ... props (uncredited)
Morris Goldman ... assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Leslie G. Hewitt ... sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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William Classen ... grip (uncredited)
Durward Graybill ... still photographer (uncredited)
Louis Jennings ... camera operator (uncredited)
Vic Johnson ... gaffer (uncredited)
Wally Meinardus ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Claude Swanner ... best boy (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Vic Vallejo ... wardrobe: men (uncredited)
Mina Willowbird ... wardrobe: women (uncredited)

Music Department

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Murray Cutter ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Jean Baker ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Bud Stark ... stand-in: Frank Lovejoy (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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  • RCA (sound system)

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Plot Summary

The FBI infiltrates one of their agents, Matt Cvetic, into the US Communist Party. This causes big problems in the normal life of the agent. Nobody knows, including his family, that he is in fact working to expose a large-scale plan to have Communists in key positions in industry and unions. Written by Luis Carvacho

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Taglines I know a hundred secrets... and each one is worth my life! See more »
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Also Known As
  • I Was a Communist for the FBI (New Zealand, English title)
  • I Was a Communist for the FBI (Ireland, English title)
  • I Was a Communist for the FBI (United Kingdom)
  • I Was a Communist for the FBI (Australia)
  • Я был коммунистом для ФБР (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 83 min
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Trivia The Communist Party USA was established in 1919. In 1921 it changed its name to The Workers Party of America. It was banned in 1954 by an act of Congress (the Communist Control Act of 1954). At its peak in 1944 the membership rose to 80.000 members but by mid-1950s it dropped to only 5000 members, including 1500 FBI informants. See more »
Goofs Early in the film there's a shot at an airport where we see planes moving outside a window. The outside shot is flipped: the "PAN AMERICAN" logo on the side of the plane is backwards. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Fifties (1997). See more »
Quotes Gerhardt Eisler: This section produces more steel than all the rest of the country put together. Move Pittsburgh an inch and we can move this country a mile. But, er, Pittsburgh is too quiet, too peaceful. To bring about the victory of Communism in America, we must incite riots, discontent, open warfare among the people. That is the purpose of tonight's meeting.
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