I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

Directed by

Gordon Douglas

Genre

drama film, film noir, propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man pretends to be a Communist for nearly a decade while secretly reporting to the FBI. He risks his safety and relationships to expose the group's plans.

tensegrimsuspensefulparanoidseriouspropagandistic

What happens

I Was a Communist for the FBI is a 1951 American film noir. It stars Frank Lovejoy as Matt Cvetic, who infiltrated a local Communist Party cell for nine years and reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the group's activities. The film is based on a series of stories written by Cvetic that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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