| State Department: File 649 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sam Newfield |
| Written by | Milton Raison |
| Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd |
| Music by | Lucien Cailliet |
| Distributed by | Film Classics, Inc |
Release date | 11 February 1949 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $750,000[1] |
State Department: File 649 is a 1949 film noir Cinecolor American film directed by Sam Newfield (using the pseudonym "Peter Stewart").
The film is also known as Assignment in China in the United Kingdom.
Plot summary[edit]
Kenneth Seeley (William Lundigan), member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon (Virginia Bruce ), a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in Mongolia dominated by an outlaw warlord. The latter captures the village where they reside and they'll have to make a plan to escape.
Cast[edit]
- William Lundigan as Kenneth R. Seeley
- Virginia Bruce as Margaret 'Marge' Weldon
- Jonathan Hale as Director General of Foreign Service
- Frank Ferguson as Consul-General Reither
- Richard Loo as Marshal Yun Usu
- Philip Ahn as Col. Aram
- Raymond Bond as Consul Howard Brown
- Milton Kibbee as Bill Sneed, white trader
- Victor Sen Yung as Johnny Hon, houseboy
- Lora Lee Michel as Jessica Morse
- John Holland as Wilfred Ballinger
- Harlan Warde as Rev. Dr. Morse
- Carole Donne as Mrs. Sarah Morse
- Barbara Woodell as Carrie Willoughby, pianist
- Lee Bennett as Agent Don Logan
- Robert Stevenson as Mongolian Spy
- H.T. Tsiang as Mayor Wan-too
- Joseph Crehan as Junior Official
- Ray Bennett as Fur Trader
- Nana Bryant as Mrs. Peggy Brown
Production[edit]
Filming started 15 September at Nassour Studios.[1]
External links[edit]
- State Department: File 649 at IMDb
- State Department: File 649 is available for free download at the Internet Archive
References[edit]
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