@book{277,
  keywords = {Roman Catholics, German Americans, teachers, spies, labor strikes, trade unions, Matt Cvetic (1909-62), Red Scare, House Un-American Activities Committee, Communist Party, Slovenian Americans, FBI, steel industry},
  author = {Crane Wilbur},
  title = {I Was a Communist for the FBI},
  abstract = {A fictionalized account of Matt Cvetic, a steelworker who infiltrated the Communist Party’s Pittsburgh cell.  Cvetic is unable to share his double agent status with his Slovenian family and they shun him as a Red.  Cvetic ultimately testifies against the Pittsburgh cell before the House Un-American Activities Committee and resumes his normal life.},
  year = {1951},
  note = {Based on a story by Matt Cvetic (1909-62) and Pete [W. Thornton] Martin (1901-80).

Crane Wilbur's script is based upon a radio drama of the same name as the film, which sprung from <em>Saturday Evening Post's</em> memoirs of Cvetic.

The script is housed in the Warner Brothers Archive at the University of Southern California.},
  language = {English},
}