The Woman on Pier 13

The Woman on Pier 13

Director: Robert Stevenson Cast: Leigh Harline
Leigh Harline
, Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
, Laraine Day
Laraine Day
, Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Robert Stevenson
The Woman on Pier 13

The Woman on Pier 13

Director: Robert Stevenson Cast: Leigh Harline
Leigh Harline
, Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
, Laraine Day
Laraine Day
, Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez
Robert Stevenson

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Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date: 12/01/2009
UPC: 0883316225882
Original Release: 1949
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Full Frame]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:13:00
Sales rank: 39,768

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Robert Ryan Bradley Collins / Frank Johnson,Waiter at Cocktail Bar
Laraine Day Nan Lowry Collins
Thomas Gomez Vanning
Janis Carter Christine Norman
John Agar Don Lowry
Richard Rober Jim Travis
William Talman Bailey
Paul E. Burns Arnold
Paul Guilfoyle Ralston
G. Pat Collins Charles Dover
Fred Graham Grip Wilson
Harry Cheshire Mr. Cornwall
Harry V. Cheshire Mr. Cornwall
Jack Stoney Garth
Lester Matthews Dr. Dixon
Marlo Dyer Evelyn
Erskine Sanford Clerk
Bess Flowers Secretary
Charles Cane Hagen
Barry Brooks Burke
William Haade Cahill
Iris Adrian Waitress
Don Brodie Drunk
Al Murphy Jeb
Evelyn Ceder Girl Friend
Marie Voe Striptease Dancer
George Magrill Tough
Allan Ray Man
Louise Lane Girl
Jim Nolan Cop
Johnny Duncan Bellhop

Technical Credits
Jack J. Gross Producer
Robert Stevenson Director
Clem Portman Sound/Sound Designer
Phil Brigandi Sound/Sound Designer
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