State Department: File 649
| State Department: File 649 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sam Newfield |
| Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
| Written by | Milton Raison |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Lucien Cailliet |
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Distributed by | Film Classics, Inc |
Release date | 11 February 1949 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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
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
- 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
External links
- State Department: File 649 on IMDb
- State Department: File 649 is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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