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A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
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Ken Mayer
- Casket Salesman
- (as Kenneth Mayer)
Victor Adamson
- Train Passenger
- (uncredited)
Luana Anders
- Mrs. Graham
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaTwo FBI agents were on the set at all times.
- GoofsJennie forgets her speech at a mid-term Honor Society event. When her father comforts her in the family car a few moments later, the cherry blossoms are in bloom; this usually occurs in early April in Washington (DC). However, after they leave the car with the radio still on, a news bulletin breaks in, announcing the attack on Pearl Harbor, which took place on December 7, 1941. No cherry blossoms would have been in bloom then, nor would the weather have been mild enough as depicted in the accompanying scenes.
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[first lines]
John Michael Hardesty: [narrating] Webster's International Dictionary defines murder as the unlawful taking of human life by another human being. On a November evening in 1955, the definition became obsolete. A mass murder was being planned.
- ConnectionsEdited from The High and the Mighty (1954)
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This isn't among Jimmy Stewart's best films--I'm quick to admit that. However, while some view his film as pure propaganda, I'm wondering what's so wrong with that? Yes, sure, like the TV show THE FBI, this is an obvious case of the Bureau doing some PR work to try to drum up support. But, as entertainment goes, it does a good job. Plus, surprisingly enough for the time it was made, the film focuses more on crime than espionage and "Commies". Instead, it's a fictionalization of one of the earliest agents and the career he chose. Now considering the agent is played by Jimmy Stewart, then it's pretty certain the acting and writing were good--as this was a movie with a real budget and a studio who wasn't about to waste the star in a third-rate flick. So overall, it's worth seeing but not especially great.
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- Feb 27, 2006
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- Geheimagent des FBI
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- Runtime2 hours 29 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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