State Department---File 649

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Release date: Dec 31, 1948

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Those scurrilous Chinese communists are up to their old tricks in the 1949 flagwaver State Department - File 649. William Lundigan plays Ken, an operative of the U.S. Foreign Service stationed in North China. Ken is one of several people trapped in a remote village by evil warlord Yun Usu (Richard Loo), who intends to sell his services to the highest bidder, be they Red or otherwise. Our hero manages to get a message out to the Free World before the film's operatically self-sacrificial climax. The characterizations are of the cardboard variety and the dialogue is straight out of Fu Manchu. Still, State Department - File 649 is a fascinating encapsulation of postwar political propaganda.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By:

Sam Newfield
Written By:

Milton M. Raison
In Theaters:

Dec 31, 1948 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 1, 2005
Runtime:

87 minutes
Studio:

Film Classics

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Cast

William Lundigan
as Kenneth R. Seeley

Virginia Bruce
as Margaret 'Marge' Weldon

Richard Loo
as Marshal Yun Usu

Jonathan Hale
as Director General of Foreign Service

Frank Ferguson
as Consul Reither

Philip Ahn
as Col. Aram

Raymond Bond
as Consul Brown

Milton Kibbee
as Bill Sneed

Victor Sen Yung
as Johnny Han

Lora Lee Michel
as Jessica

John Holland
as Ballinger

Harlan Warde
as Rev. Morse

Carole Donne
as Mrs. Morse

Barbara Woodell
as Carrie

Robert Stephenson
as Mongolian Spy

Lee Bennett Sobel
as Don Logan

H.T. Tsiang
as Wonto

Joseph Crehan
as Government Official

Ray Bennett
as Fur Trader

Nana Bryant
as Peggy Brown

Fred Coby
as Vice-Consul

John Halloran
as Examining Board Member

Jean Arden

Spencer Chan
as Chinese Man

Margo Woode
as Carrie

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State Department---File 649 Quotes

Consul Reither:	“I suspect she cries more than is good for her.”
Consul Reither:	I suspect she cries more than is good for her.

Vice-Consul:	“I am on the winning side, Marshall. I represent an ideology that recognizes the dignity of the individual that holds all men to be free and equal under God. You represent murder, rape and slavery in the name of the law. You’re a mad dog that must and will be destroyed.”
Vice-Consul:	I am on the winning side, Marshall. I represent an ideology that recognizes the dignity of the individual that holds all men to be free and equal under God. You represent murder, rape and slavery in the name of the law. You're a mad dog that must and will be destroyed.