1949 film by Sam Newfield

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.

## Contents

* 1 Plot summary
* 2 Cast
* 3 Production
* 4 External links
* 5 References

## 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]

1. ^ a b Schallert, E. (7 September 1948). "Jackson saga of crime purchased by rossen; 'file 649' stars picked". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165889423.

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