I Was a Communist for the FBI

A fact-based story about a man who posed as an American Communist for years as part of a secret plan to infiltrate their organization.

Cast

Frank Lovejoy

as Matt Cvetic

Dorothy Hart

as Eve Merrick

Philip Carey

as Mason

James Millican

as Jim Blandon

Richard Webb

as Ken Crowley

Konstantin Shayne

as Gerhardt Eisler

Paul Picerni

as Joe Cvetic

Roy Roberts

as Father Novac

Edward Norris

as Harmon

Ron Hagerthy

as Dick Cvetic

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