I Was a Communist for the FBI
I Was a Communist for the FBI

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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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in I Was a Communist for the FBI:

Frank Lovejoy
Dorothy Hart
Philip Carey
James Millican
Richard Webb
Konstantin Shayne

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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.

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The Spectator - 7/10 by Virginia GrahamI have a penchant for films based on fact, but I Was A Communist for the F.B.l. failed to convince me that it had more than a passing contact with reality.
Classic Film and Television - 6/10 by Michael E. GrostStrange film mixes anti-Communism with far right politics, odd thriller elements.
User Review - 8/10 by Carol FExcellent Cold War propaganda. Filled with over-simplifications and stereotypes, this film was nominated for Best Feature-length Documentary in 1951 due to some occasional historical references and that it was based on "true" events (many of which were fabricated).
User Review - 6/10 by Brian BRemarkable (and alarming) as a historical document, but not much of a movie....
User Review - 4/10 by Greg WDescribed as a film noir drama directed by Gordon Douglas, I expected something with a substance... petty that all it had was a propaganda machine from guys who are even better in doing things they accuse others of... but as the main character Mark Cvetic (Frank Lovejoy) said ,"(I) had the brains to see this slimy thing to what it is." The film was based on a series of stories written by Matt Cvetic that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, and those stories were later turned into a best-selling book and radio series. It seems that most of the communists in America were simple thugs, racist, vindictive, and tools of a totalitarian foreign power, the Soviet Union - but that is with a reason. This film and radio show are, in part, artefacts of the McCarthy era, as well as a time capsule of American society during the Second Red Scare. The purpose of both are partly to "warn" people about the threat of Communist "subversion" of American society. The movie is really over-acted ultra-patriotic, very similar of what was made in Germany just few years before the World War II started. The story follows Cvetic, who infiltrated a local Communist Party cell for nine years and reported back to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on their activities. Frank Lovejoy wasn't too bad, but I just cannot stand unnatural dialogue and robotic acting which was shown by most of the actors including Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, and James Millican. Think and tell me... which political party leadership members are not cynical opportunists, racists who are interested only in seizing power on behalf of their party and not in improving social and labour conditions not just in the U.S. but anywhere in the world? Which political group will not exploit ethnic tensions to get their way? I haven't witnessed one yet! There are honest people in all these groups but they never become leaders - they are just sheep for the wolves in a sheep skin. And it was always like that. Well, I look at this propaganda as an offence for those honest people, doesn't matter on which side they belonged. Thanks to my friend who recommended this, and I am glad I saw it - but for the different reasons - I am glad and at the same time very sad that I could realize how huge hatred could be towards fellow brothers and sisters because they just have different way of thinking.
User Review - 4/10 by Michael TMelodramatic propaganda piece has slick production values but not much else.

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