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I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

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Title:	I Was a Communist for the FBI [IMDb]				Film Structure Tag Cloud
Release date:	May 05, 1951
Studio:	Warner Brothers
Runtime:	83 minutes
IMDB genres:	crime, drama, film-noir, mystery, thriller
BYU holdings:	https://search.lib.byu.edu/byu/record/lee.6787115

Show Synopsis and Keywords

Cast and Crew Actor Role Frank Lovejoy Matt Cvetic Dorothy Hart Eve Merrick Philip Carey Mason James Millican Jim Blandon Richard Webb Ken Crowley Konstantin Shayne Gerhardt Eisler Paul Picerni Joe Cvetic Roy Roberts Father Novac Edward Norris Harmon Ron Hagerthy Dick Cvetic Hugh Sanders Clyde Garson Hope Kramer Ruth Cvetic Gordon Douglas: director Max Steiner: composer Murray Cutter: orchestrator Film Statistics Stats Film duration: 1:22:48 Music duration: 00:20:30 Pages in score: 52 Total themes: 15 Themes with variants: 7 Total variants: 19 Total gestures: 9 Total underscoring sections: 6 Total underscoring duration: 00:01:27 Total instances: 54

Themes Name Uses Variants Undercover Agent 15 9 Family 6 3 Communist 3 2 FBI 3 2 Agitato Molto Misterioso 2 0 Riot 2 0 Signature 2 1 Agents Fight 1 0 Battle Hymn of the Republic 1 1 Strike 1 0 Other films borrowed from: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Combinations Name Uses Undercover Agent + Family 1 Source Music Name Uses (I'm Gonna Wait) A Little Bit Longer (For That Never-on-Time Baby of Mine) 1 Don'cha Go 'Way Mad 1 I'm in a Jam with Baby 1 Ice Cold Katy 1 Gestures Name Commie is shot Down the stairs Jumps off stairs Running Running and hiding Searching Sneaking Throws lamp Turns on lights

Underscoring Name Dramatic Tense