I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
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I Was a Communist for the FBI
Number
Scene Type
Time
Theme
Variant
Gesture
On-screen
1
0:00:00
Signature
WB shield
2
0:00:09
Communist
Main title comes in one word at a time over long, dark hallway
3
0:00:21
Undercover Agent
Cast list over long, dark hallway
4
0:00:59
Underscoring (Mysterious)
Shots of the airport
5
0:01:17
Undercover Agent
Marcia
Agent walks to the phone
6
0:02:10
FBI
FBI sign and the people working inside
7
0:02:20
FBI 2
Report on communist leader is delivered
8
0:02:33
FBI
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh FBI office sign
9
0:02:42
FBI 2
Pittsburgh
Report on communist leader is delivered
10
0:02:57
Undercover Agent
Marcia
Mason gets his assignment
11
0:03:38
Pittsburgh
View of the city (Pittsburgh)
12
0:15:20
I'm in a Jam with Baby
Matt enters a bar and calls his team
13
0:24:58
Insult
Matt is insulted by his neighbor and goes home
14
0:25:26
Family
Matt looks at a photo album
15
0:26:15
Family
Writing
Matt writes a letter to his son
16
0:26:45
Family B
Matt writes a letter to his son
17
0:27:11
Family
Writing
Matt finishes his letter
18
0:38:00
Family
Matt enters his home
19
0:38:32
Undercover Agent
Lost Letter
Matt notices that he has lost his letter
20
0:38:46
Undercover Agent
Discovered
Eve reads Matt's letter
21
0:39:06
(I'm Gonna Wait) A Little Bit Longer (For That Never-on-Time Baby of Mine)
Matt enters a record store and talks to other agents in a back room
22
0:42:08
Don'Cha Go 'Way Mad
Matt talks to agents in a back room then leaves the record store
23
0:43:53
Strike
Close up of newspaper headline announcing the strike
24
0:53:21
Ice Cold Katy
Matt and Eve talk in the street
25
0:57:39
Underscoring (Tense)
Communist agents approach apartment
26
0:57:47
Down the stairs
Eve sneaks down the stairs
27
0:57:54
Undercover Agent
Sneaking
Matt and Eve see the commie agents
28
0:58:02
Hiding
Matt and Eve run and hide around a corner
29
0:58:12
Undercover Agent
Marcia
The communist agents go upstairs
30
0:58:43
Underscoring (Tense)
The communist agents enter Eve's apartment
31
0:58:51
Turns on lights
Agent turns on the lights
32
0:58:53
Sneaking
The communist agents search the room
33
0:59:03
FBI
FBI Man
FBI man enters with a gun
34
0:59:11
FBI 2
FBI Man
FBI man tells the commie agents to put their hands up
35
0:59:26
Undercover Agent
Tense
FBI man holds gun on commie agents
36
0:59:39
Agents Fight
Communist agents fight the FBI man and stab him
37
0:59:39
Throws lamp
Commie throws lamp at FBI man, who falls down
38
0:59:50
Undercover Agent
Misterioso
Matt and Eve escape and drive away
39
1:03:26
Jumps off stairs
Matt jumps off of the staircase
40
1:03:26
Running and hiding
Matt runs and takes cover
41
shootout
1:03:34
Undercover Agent
Gunfight
Gunfight between Matt and commie agent
42
1:03:57
Running
Commie agent runs
43
1:04:01
Commie is shot
Commie agent is shot and falls dead
44
1:04:11
Undercover Agent
Newspaper
FBI agents talk
45
interrogation
1:09:39
Undercover Agent
Suspicion
Commie agents interrogate Matt
46
1:10:18
Undercover Agent
Lost Letter
Commie agents interrogate Matt
47
1:10:36
Undercover Agent
Discovered
Commie agents interrogate Matt
48
1:10:41
Underscoring (Tense)
Commie agents interrogate Matt
49
1:10:54
Undercover Agent
Angry
Commie agents interrogate Matt
50
1:11:00
Underscoring (Tense)
Commie agents interrogate Matt
51
1:11:05
Undercover Agent
Interrogation
Commies beat up Matt
52
1:14:31
Undercover Agent
Riot
Montage of civil unrest
53
1:21:44
Family
Writing
Matt is reunited with his son
54
1:22:16
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Matt speaks to his son and brother; camera pans to a bust of Abraham Lincoln; The End