. The man who loosely provided the inspiration for the B-Grade cult movie I Was a Communist for the FBI had a life that was marred by alcoholism, damaged expectations, and greed. This week on The Relic Radio Show, we begin with I Walk Alone, from I Was A Communist For The FBI. It's a tough order to play a father who must convince the world, his son included, that he is indeed a member of the widely despised Communist Party, when in fact he is fighting to undermine its influence from within for what he believes is the good of his family and humanity. Aired 1952 - 1954 I Was a Communist for the FBI rode the coattails of the Red Scare, aired even though the FBI refused to cooperate with its production. Cvetic, at the request of the FBI, joined a Pittsburgh branch of the CPUSA in 1943. Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Cvetic talks about his nine-year undercover mission in the Communist party starting in 1941. Movie Info. (1951). Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. I Led 3 Lives-Wikipedia. I Was a Communist for the FBI is a 1951 American noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas starring Frank Lovejoy, … He never loses self-control entirely like Paul Lukas in the similarly themed Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), and he is handy with his fists and agile enough to jump out of perilous situations. He would attend over 3000 secret "Red" meetings, and would supply the F.B.I. The Times bear as much investigation as the individuals who lived them. ( 1951) I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. What was my Aunt Martha trying to ask me. While there were many others who did the same, what is unique about Cvetic is the speed with which his story became public knowledge. After marrying her long lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her. This causes big problems in the normal life of the agent. A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob in the upcoming trial. I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted. and more espionage thrillers from Old Time Radio! A tireless self-promoter, Cvetic retailed increasingly fictionalized versions of his story to the Saturday Evening Post, which ran a three-part, ghost-written series entitled “I Was a Communist for the FBI,” to Warner Brothers, which made a film by the same title, and to the Ziv Company, which produced a radio series starring … During the Cold War, at a California atomic research plant, an FBI agent and a Scotland Yard inspector join forces to eliminate a foreign nuclear spy ring operating in the USA and the UK. was scheduled on more than 600 stations nationwide. increase volume. This is the story of an F.B.I. Crime. A radio series followed. 10 of 17 people found this review helpful. In charm and magnetism, he nevertheless can carry a film the FBI1950s radio series. Nobody knows that he is with the production following on i was a communist for the fbi real life adventures of Matt Cvetic.played by Dana brought! 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Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Cvetic talks about his nine-year undercover mission in the Communist party starting in 1941. Movie Info. (1951). Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. I Led 3 Lives-Wikipedia. I Was a Communist for the FBI is a 1951 American noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas starring Frank Lovejoy, … He never loses self-control entirely like Paul Lukas in the similarly themed Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), and he is handy with his fists and agile enough to jump out of perilous situations. He would attend over 3000 secret "Red" meetings, and would supply the F.B.I. The Times bear as much investigation as the individuals who lived them. ( 1951) I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. What was my Aunt Martha trying to ask me. While there were many others who did the same, what is unique about Cvetic is the speed with which his story became public knowledge. After marrying her long lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her. This causes big problems in the normal life of the agent. A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob in the upcoming trial. I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted. and more espionage thrillers from Old Time Radio! A tireless self-promoter, Cvetic retailed increasingly fictionalized versions of his story to the Saturday Evening Post, which ran a three-part, ghost-written series entitled “I Was a Communist for the FBI,” to Warner Brothers, which made a film by the same title, and to the Ziv Company, which produced a radio series starring … During the Cold War, at a California atomic research plant, an FBI agent and a Scotland Yard inspector join forces to eliminate a foreign nuclear spy ring operating in the USA and the UK. was scheduled on more than 600 stations nationwide. increase volume. This is the story of an F.B.I. Crime. A radio series followed. 10 of 17 people found this review helpful. In charm and magnetism, he nevertheless can carry a film the FBI1950s radio series. Nobody knows that he is with the production following on i was a communist for the fbi real life adventures of Matt Cvetic.played by Dana brought! 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Cvetic, at the request of the FBI, joined a Pittsburgh branch of the CPUSA in 1943. Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Cvetic talks about his nine-year undercover mission in the Communist party starting in 1941. Movie Info. (1951). Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. I Led 3 Lives-Wikipedia. I Was a Communist for the FBI is a 1951 American noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas starring Frank Lovejoy, … He never loses self-control entirely like Paul Lukas in the similarly themed Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), and he is handy with his fists and agile enough to jump out of perilous situations. He would attend over 3000 secret "Red" meetings, and would supply the F.B.I. The Times bear as much investigation as the individuals who lived them. ( 1951) I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. What was my Aunt Martha trying to ask me. While there were many others who did the same, what is unique about Cvetic is the speed with which his story became public knowledge. After marrying her long lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her. This causes big problems in the normal life of the agent. A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob in the upcoming trial. I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted. and more espionage thrillers from Old Time Radio! A tireless self-promoter, Cvetic retailed increasingly fictionalized versions of his story to the Saturday Evening Post, which ran a three-part, ghost-written series entitled “I Was a Communist for the FBI,” to Warner Brothers, which made a film by the same title, and to the Ziv Company, which produced a radio series starring … During the Cold War, at a California atomic research plant, an FBI agent and a Scotland Yard inspector join forces to eliminate a foreign nuclear spy ring operating in the USA and the UK. was scheduled on more than 600 stations nationwide. increase volume. This is the story of an F.B.I. Crime. A radio series followed. 10 of 17 people found this review helpful. In charm and magnetism, he nevertheless can carry a film the FBI1950s radio series. Nobody knows that he is with the production following on i was a communist for the fbi real life adventures of Matt Cvetic.played by Dana brought! 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Cvetic, at the request of the FBI, joined a Pittsburgh branch of the CPUSA in 1943. with the names of hundreds of Soviet Agents and American Communists. Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts. It took Cvetic two years to gain the trust of the Party leadership, and on Lincoln's birthday, 1943, he was sworn in as a full member of the Communist Party of the United States. The FBI infiltrates one of their agents in the US Communist Party. The tribulations faced by Cvetic character on the show would be reflected in later years as historians deal with The Controversy surrounding the real life of Matt Cvetic. at least one of the radio players will work for you: This causes big problems in the normal life of the agent. made it a point to not cooperate with the production. The Show was a well done and well financed endeavor, and worth preservation for that reason alone. ★I Was a Communist for the FBI★Story★full★movie★gomovies★★solarmovie★complet★pelicula★voir★Streaming★Vostfr★HD★★.S.t.r.e.a.m.i.n.g.★ita,★I Was a Communist for the FBI★film★completo★italiano,★I Was a Communist for the FBI★film★senza★limiti,★I Was a Communist for the FBI★personaggi,★I Was … I Was A Communist for the FBI (1951) In 1945 John E. Rankin, the long serving, bombastic, and racist congressman from Mississippi stated “one of the most dangerous plots ever instigated for the overthrow of this government has its headquarters in Hollywood … the greatest hotbed of subversive activities in the … The film version starred Frank Lovejoy, while hollywood actor Dana Andrews gives the radio show a dose of glamour as he closes each episode: "I was a Communist, a Communist for the F.B.I. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. While recuperating from wartime back injuries at a hospital, veteran Bob Corey is visited on Christmas Eve by a beautiful stranger with an even stranger message. Enjoy the complete radio series (all 74 episodes) of I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. Lacking in charm and magnetism, he nevertheless can carry a film. Take a look ahead at some of our most anticipated superhero series arriving in 2021 and beyond. When his masquerade begins to unravel he gets emotional, but within limits. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using (PC, laptop, Android phone, iPhone, iPad, Kindle, tablet, etc.) I Was a Communist for the FBI1950s radio drama series. Volume 90%. View production, box office, & company info. The arrival in Las Vegas of a businessman and his glamorous wife creates a complex web of murder and deceit. Based on the book by the same name by Matt Cvetic, an undercover operative who joined the Communist Party to spy from within. When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail. A Location Number of "111" indicates I have the show in my Collection, but they haven't yet been assigned a Location number. His own son (Ron Hagerthy) can barely stand the sight of him. He became one of many plants in the Party during that … Concurrently, on July 15, 22, and 29, 1950, Cvetic published his story in serial format in the Saturday Evening Post, written by Pete Martin. Keyboard Shortcuts. For the first two thirds of the film he stalks the screen imperturbably, the victim of suspicion from his fellow Party members and often open hostility from his very own family - churchgoing, patriotic Slovenian immigrants who are appalled by his connections to the Communist Party. Listen to Radio Show: I Was A Communist For The FBI online using any of the 3 radio players below. In the film, no one except a priest knows that Cvetic is undercover, so his… On July 14, 1950, Cvetic was featured in the television series We the People, a half-hour program hosted by Dan Seymour detailing his alleged activities while operating as an FBI informant. play/pause. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. He cannot reveal his mission to them because they may accidentally betray him, so they heap him with scorn as a traitor to his country and all they hold dear. All the while he is shunned by his family and community. ‘MLK/FBI’ Film Review: J Edgar Hoover’s Victimization of Martin Luther King Tells Just Part of the Story, Review: "A Bullet For Joey" (1955) Starring Edward G. Robinson And George Raft; Blu-ray Edition From Kino Lorber. Obviously this is nothing new – during the Cold War the US government harnessed the film industry in order to churn out anti-communist propaganda; producing such ‘classics’ as I was a Communist for the FBI, which portrayed the Communist Party of the USA as being behind 1943’s race riots in Harlem and … The Party or cell wants to disrupt the economy of the U.S. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? (director: Gordon Douglas; screenwriters: Crane Wilbur/from Matt Cvetic as told to Pete Martin in their article in the “Saturday Evening Post”; cinematographer: Edwin DuPar; editor: Folmar Blangsted; music: Max Steiner; cast: Frank Lovejoy (Matt Cvetic), Dorothy Hart (Eve Merrick), Philip Carey … Seventy-eight (78) radio broadcasts were produced. He discovered the world conspiracy of the party, its eagerness to influence American youth, and the lack of freedom of speech and religion among most communist nations. Radio Broadcast Espionage Thriller Drama, Espionage Radio Show The 1950's radio series capitalized on the red scare and was loosely based on the true life of communist infiltrator, Matt Cvetic. Title: In depicting Cvetic as a spotless hero, the filmmakers have surgically removed too many rough edges, contradictions and loose ends and we are left with a propagandistic symbol instead of a man. produced 1952-54. Following on the heels of the 1951 movie by the same name, Dana Andrews brought the show to radio in 1952. The FBI paid Cvetic the last seven years he was undercover, and Payne argues that this was only right considering the sacrifices and danger Cvetic endured for many years. I Was a Communist for the FBI is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas starring Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey and James Millican It was also a radio show starring Dana Andrews with 78 episodes that ran from April 23, 1952 until October 14, 1953. Before the guffaws get out of control, I Was a Communist for the FBI needs to be slammed back into some perspective. In the midst of the Red Scare, the movie studios not only tried to rid themselves of anyone with Communist affiliations but also thought it wise to put out an anti-Communist film or two. Hoover Institution Library & … I was a Communist for the FBI. I was a Communist for the FBI : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. Film-Noir, Certificate: Passed A big selling point was that the show was based on the real life adventures of Matt Cvetic.played by Dana Andrews. (26:42) Stars Over Hollywood bring us our second story… Although asked for input as well as endorsement, the F.B.I. Audio Preview. The Cold War was in its early stages, the Soviet Union had just developed their own Atomic Weapon, and Senator Joe McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee were holding hearings investigating a growing Communist infiltration of American life. Radio. The FBI infiltrates one of their agents in the US Communist Party. Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman. It was simply good politics. The series capitalized on America's Second Red Scare and the era of McCarthyism. That story originally aired March 30, 1952. I Was a Communist for the FBI: | | | I Was a Communist for the FBI | | | | ... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Luis Carvacho . The man who loosely provided the inspiration for the B-Grade cult movie I Was a Communist for the FBI had a life that was marred by alcoholism, damaged expectations, and greed. This week on The Relic Radio Show, we begin with I Walk Alone, from I Was A Communist For The FBI. It's a tough order to play a father who must convince the world, his son included, that he is indeed a member of the widely despised Communist Party, when in fact he is fighting to undermine its influence from within for what he believes is the good of his family and humanity. Aired 1952 - 1954 I Was a Communist for the FBI rode the coattails of the Red Scare, aired even though the FBI refused to cooperate with its production. Cvetic, at the request of the FBI, joined a Pittsburgh branch of the CPUSA in 1943. Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Cvetic talks about his nine-year undercover mission in the Communist party starting in 1941. Movie Info. (1951). Check out our gallery of the 2021 Oscar nominees in the leading and supporting acting categories, as the characters they so brilliantly played and in real life. I Led 3 Lives-Wikipedia. I Was a Communist for the FBI is a 1951 American noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas starring Frank Lovejoy, … He never loses self-control entirely like Paul Lukas in the similarly themed Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), and he is handy with his fists and agile enough to jump out of perilous situations. He would attend over 3000 secret "Red" meetings, and would supply the F.B.I. The Times bear as much investigation as the individuals who lived them. ( 1951) I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. What was my Aunt Martha trying to ask me. While there were many others who did the same, what is unique about Cvetic is the speed with which his story became public knowledge. After marrying her long lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her. This causes big problems in the normal life of the agent. A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob in the upcoming trial. I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted. and more espionage thrillers from Old Time Radio! A tireless self-promoter, Cvetic retailed increasingly fictionalized versions of his story to the Saturday Evening Post, which ran a three-part, ghost-written series entitled “I Was a Communist for the FBI,” to Warner Brothers, which made a film by the same title, and to the Ziv Company, which produced a radio series starring … During the Cold War, at a California atomic research plant, an FBI agent and a Scotland Yard inspector join forces to eliminate a foreign nuclear spy ring operating in the USA and the UK. was scheduled on more than 600 stations nationwide. increase volume. This is the story of an F.B.I. Crime. A radio series followed. 10 of 17 people found this review helpful. In charm and magnetism, he nevertheless can carry a film the FBI1950s radio series. Nobody knows that he is with the production following on i was a communist for the fbi real life adventures of Matt Cvetic.played by Dana brought! 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