I Married a Communist (film)
- I Married a Communist (film)
Infobox Film | name =I Married a Communist
caption =movie poster
director = Robert Stevenson
producer = Jack J. Gross
writer = Robert Hardy Andrews
Charles Grayson
George W. George (story)
George F. Slavin (story)
starring =Laraine Day
Robert Ryan
John Agar
cinematography = Nicholas Musuraca
music = Leigh Harline
editing =
distributor = RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
released = October 8, 1949 Los Angeles California
runtime = 73 min
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0041495
"I Married a Communist" is a 1949 film drama produced by RKO Radio Pictures. Due to audiences being turned off by the title, RKO released the film again as "The Woman on Pier 13" and "Beautiful But Dangerous".
Plot
Brad Collins, a shipping executive who had been involved with Communism as a stevedore during the Depression, becomes the target of a Communist cell and its leader, Vanning. Threatening to reveal Collins' "dark" past, Vanning orders the executive to sabotage the shipping industry in the San Francisco Bay. Collins plays along.
Cast
Production
RKO chief Howard Hughes offered the script to directors as a test of their patriotism. [cite web |url=http://www.moviecrazed.com/outpast/losey.html |title=Joseph Losey's Remembrance of Things Past--From Howard Hughes to the F.B.I. |publisher=moviecrazed.com] Thirteen directors, starting with Joseph Losey, turned down the film before it was finally made.
Reaction
Most reviews find the film to be a clear attempt at anti-communist Cold War propaganda. Time Out Film Guide notes: "The sterling cast can make no headway against cartoon characters, a fatuous script that defies belief, and an enveloping sense of hysteria. Nick Musuraca's noir-ish camerawork, mercifully, is stunning." [cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/film/75883.html |title=I Married a Communist (1949) Movie Review |publisher=Time Out New York (timeout.com)]
Parody
The film was parodied as "I Married An Abolitionist" in the mockumentary "".
References
External links
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