| State Department: File 649 | |
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| Directed by | Sam Newfield |
| Written by | Milton Raison |
| Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
| Starring | William Lundigan Virginia Bruce Jonathan Hale |
| 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 American Cinecolor film noir directed by Sam Newfield and starring William Lundigan, Virginia Bruce and Jonathan Hale. The film is also known as Assignment in China in the United Kingdom.
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State Department: File 649 (1949) | Classic Drama Film | Assignment in China
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DEPARTAMENTO DE ESTADO: ORIENTE 649 (State Department File 649, 1949, Full Movie, Spanish, Cinetel)
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Plot
Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, 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
Production
Filming started 15 September at Nassour Studios.[1]
External links
- State Department: File 649 at IMDb
- State Department: File 649 is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
References
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This page was last edited on 25 December 2023, at 20:24