State Department: File 649

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.

State Department: File 649
Directed bySam Newfield
Written byMilton Raison
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
StarringWilliam Lundigan
Virginia Bruce
Jonathan Hale
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited byHolbrook N. Todd
Music byLucien Cailliet
Distributed byFilm Classics, Inc
Release date
  • 11 February 1949 (1949-02-11)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$750,000[1]

Plot

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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

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Production

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Filming started 15 September at Nassour Studios.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Schallert, E. (7 September 1948). "Jackson saga of crime purchased by rossen; 'file 649' stars picked". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165889423.