I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI

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I Was a Communist for the FBI was the name of a series of stories written by Matt Cvetic that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. The stories were later turned into a best-selling book, an American espionage thriller radio series and motion picture in the early 1950s.
The story follows Cvetic, who infiltrated a local Communist Party cell for nine years and reported back to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on their activities.

The film and radio show are pure artifacts of the McCarthy era, as well as a time capsule of American society during the Second Red Scare. The purpose of both are partly to warn people about the threat of Communist subversion of American society. The tone of the show is ultra-patriotic, with Communists portrayed as evil, racists and vindictive.
I Was a Communist for the FBI was adapted as a motion picture in 1951. Frank Lovejoy portrayed Cvetic. The film was directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Crane Wilbur.
This dramatic film was nominated for an Academy Award as the Best Documentary of the year.
The radio version of I Was a Communist for the FBI consisted of 78 episodes syndicated by the Frederick W. Ziv Company to more than 600 stations, including KNX in Los Angeles, California, with original episodes running from April 23, 1952 to October 14, 1953. The program was made without the cooperation of the FBI. Real-life undercover agent Matt Cvetic was portrayed by Dana Andrews. The show had a budget of $12,000 a week, a very high cost to produce a radio show at the time.
The program frequently dealt with the great stress that Cvetic was under, as he covertly infiltrated a local Communist Party cell. There were many personal and family problems caused by his being a Communist, as well as a certain amount of mental torment. He saw the party as being hypocritical and a great danger to society.
In 1953, Ziv created a separate television follow-up, I Led Three Lives, based on the life of Herbert Philbrick, a Boston advertising executive who also infiltrated the U.S. Communist Party on behalf of the FBI in the 1940s. This time, the FBI approved all of the show's scripts.
 

EPISODES LIST

I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-04-16 (00) (Audition) Little Red Schoolhouse
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-04-23 (01) I Walk Alone
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-04-30 (02) I Can't Sleep
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-05-07 (03) Little Red School House
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-05-14 (04) Red Red Herring
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-05-21 (05) Pit Viper
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-05-28 (06) Traitors for Hire
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-06-04 (07) Card Game in the Clouds
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-06-11 (08) American Kremlin
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-06-18 (09) Tight Wire
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-06-25 (10) A Riot Made to Order
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-07-02 (11) Where the Red Men Roam
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-07-09 (12) The Dangerous Dollars
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-07-16 (13) Rich Man, Poor Man
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-07-23 (14) Canadian Crossfire
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-07-30 (15) Draw the Red Curtain
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-08-06 (16) Red Clouds on the Good Earth
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-08-13 (17) Exit on the Left
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-08-20 (18) The Red Record
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-08-27 (19) Burnt Offering
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-09-03 (20) Squeeze Play
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-09-10 (21) Violence Preferred
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-09-17 (22) The Rat Race
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-09-24 (23) Jump to the Whip
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-10-01 (24) Pennies from the Dead
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-10-08 (25) A Suit for the Party
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-10-15 (26) The Party Got Rough
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-10-22 (27) Little Boy Red
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-10-29 (28) The Unwelcome Hosts
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-11-05 (29) No Second Chance
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-11-12 (30) The Red Gate
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-11-19 (31) Red Rover, Red Rover
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-11-26 (32) Home Improvement
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-12-03 (33) Red Clay
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-12-10 (34) The Kiss of Death
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-12-17 (35) Treason Comes in Cans
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-12-24 (36) The Flames Burned Red
I Was a Communist for the FBI 52-12-31 (37) Hate Song
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-01-07 (38) Little Boy Blue Turned Red
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-01-14 (39) Red Gold
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-01-21 (40) Charter City Square Dance
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-01-28 (41) A Study in Oils
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-02-04 (42) The Sleeper
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-02-11 (43) Against the Middle
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-02-18 (44) The Black Gospel
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-02-25 (45) The Red Ladies
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-03-04 (46) One Way Ticket
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-03-11 (47) Word Game
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-03-18 (48) The Red Waves
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-03-25 (49) Trial by Fear
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-04-01 (50) The Wrong Green
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-04-08 (51) The Brass Monkey
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-04-15 (52) Forged Faces
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-04-22 (53) Red Clay (Repeat)
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-04-29 (54) Kiss Of Death (Repeat)
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-05-06 (55) An Unamerican Activity
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-05-13 (56) My Friend the Enemy
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-05-20 (57) The Canadian Backbone
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-05-27 (58) The Elspeth Club
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-06-03 (59) The Crossed Heart
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-06-10 (60) The Red Octopus
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-06-17 (61) Abby, as in Abbigale
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-06-24 (62) Tour of Duty
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-07-01 (63) Fifteen Minutes to Murder
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-07-08 (64) Use Only as Directed
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-07-15 (65) Double Exposure
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-07-22 (66) Courier of Disaster
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-07-29 (67) The Line Is Busy
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-08-05 (68) The Red Snow
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-08-12 (69) Very Private Funeral
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-08-19 (70) Rhapsody in Red
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-08-26 (71) Kangaroo Court
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-09-02 (72) The Inhuman Element
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-10-07 (77) Panic Plan
I Was a Communist for the FBI 53-10-14 (78) No Visitors

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