The Woman on Pier 13 (I Married a Communist) (1950)

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There's propaganda aplenty in RKO's I Married a Communist, the first of producer Howard R. Hughes's many anti-Red broadsides. Robert Ryan plays shipping executive Brad Collins, whose youthful flirtations with certain left-wing causes have made him ripe for plucking by Commie cell leader Vanning… More There's propaganda aplenty in RKO's I Married a Communist, the first of producer Howard R. Hughes's many anti-Red broadsides. Robert Ryan plays shipping executive Brad Collins, whose youthful flirtations with certain left-wing causes have made him ripe for plucking by Commie cell leader Vanning (Thomas Gomez). Threatening to reveal Collins' "pinko" past, Vanning orders the executive to deliberately sabotage the shipping industry in the Frisco Bay area. Other characters essential to the plotline are Collins' wife Nan (Laraine Day), who knows nothing of her husband's politics, and his idealistic brother-in-law Don (John Agar) who spouts Marxist dogma at the drop of a hat. Apparently at a loss as to how to depict communist villainy, the screenwriters hark back on the gangster films of the 1930s, notably in the scene where a hapless stoolie (the inevitable Paul Guilfoyle) is taken for a ride. When the title I Married a Communist proved an audience turn-off during previews, the film was rechristened The Woman on Pier 13. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 13 min.
Directed By: Robert Stevenson
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

In Theaters: Oct 8, 1949 Wide
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
If you can somehow get by the polemics and the cheesy script and view this melodrama as typical Hollywood, the film is quite entertaining.

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Cast

            Laraine Day as Nan Collins

            Robert Ryan as Brad Collins

            John Agar as Don Lowry

            Thomas Gomez as Vanning

            Janis Carter as Christine

            Richard Rober as Jim Travis

            William Talman as Bailey

            Paul E. Burns as Arnold

            Paul Guilfoyle as Ralston

            G. Pat Collins as Charles Dover

            Fred Graham as Grip Wilson

            Harry V. Cheshire as Mr. Cornwall

            Jack Stoney as Garth

            Iris Adrian as Waitress

            Don Brodie as Drunk

            Barry Brooks as Burke

            Charles Cane as Hagen

            Johnny Duncan as Bellhop

            Bess Flowers as Secretary

            William Haade as Cahill

            Louis Lane as Girl

            George Magrill as Tough

            Lester Matthews as Dr. Dixon

            Al Murphy as Jeb

            Jim Nolan as Cop

            Dick Ryan as Waiter at Cocktail Bar

            Erskine Sanford as Clerk

            Allan Ray as Man
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