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Release Date:
February 11, 1949
Original Title:
State Department: File 649
Alternate Titles:
Assignment in China
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama
Production Companies:
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
MX: B
Runtime: 87
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.
Art Direction:
Edward C. Jewell
Assistant Director:
Stanley Neufeld
Costume Design:
Rudy Harrington
Director:
Sam Newfield
Director of Photography:
Jack Greenhalgh
Editor:
Holbrook N. Todd
Original Music Composer:
Lucien Cailliet
Original Story:
Milton Raison
Producer:
Sigmund Neufeld
Production Manager:
Bert Sternbach
Screenplay:
Milton Raison
Set Decoration:
Harry Reif
Sound:
Ben Winkler
Special Effects:
Ray Mercer
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