State Department: File 649 (1949)
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 when escape is clearly impossible, Seeley blows up the outlaw's headquarters, losing his own life in doing so.
- Date of release
- 1949-02-11
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Director
- Sam Newfield
Casting
- William Lundigan — Ken
- Virginia Bruce — Marge
- Jonathan Hale — Director-General
- Frank Ferguson — Consul Reither
- Richard Loo — Marshal Yun Usu
- Philip Ahn — Col. Aram
- Raymond Bond — Consul Brown
- Milton Kibbee — Bill Sneed
- Victor Sen Yung — Johnny Han
- Lora Lee Michel — Jessica
- John Holland — Ballinger
- Harlan Warde — Rev. Morse
Interesting facts
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.
Production
Filming started 15 September at Nassour Studios.
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