TY - SER KW - Roman Catholics KW - German Americans KW - teachers KW - spies KW - labor strikes KW - trade unions KW - Matt Cvetic (1909-62) KW - Red Scare KW - House Un-American Activities Committee KW - Communist Party KW - Slovenian Americans KW - FBI KW - steel industry AU - Crane Wilbur AB - 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. C1 - 1940s-50s C2 - unpublished C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh C4 - Roman à clef; Labor; Thriller LA - English M3 - Screenplay N1 - Based on a story by Matt Cvetic (1909-62) and Pete [W.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 Saturday Evening Post's memoirs of Cvetic. The script is housed in the Warner Brothers Archive at the University of Southern California. N2 - 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. PY - 1951 RN - Crane Wilbur (1886-1973) was a screenwriter, actor, and director who started in the Silent Film Era. TI - I Was a Communist for the FBI ER -