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Aired 1952 - 1954 I Was a Communist for the FBI rode the coattails of the Red Scare, aired even though the FBI refused to cooperate with its production.

Based on the book by the same name by Matt Cvetic, an undercover operative who joined the Communist Party to spy from within.

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Air Date Title Synopsis
 1952-08-20  E18 The Red Record

Program #18. ZIV Syndication. "The Red Record". Commercials added locally. Cvetic travels to Chicago looking for a "black book," possibly hidden inside a radio! Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer), Barton Yarborough, Paul Richards, Harry Lang, Herb Vigran, David Rose (music), Henry Hayward (director). 
 1952-08-27  E19 Burnt Offering

+ Program #19. ZIV Syndication. "Burnt Offering". Commercials added locally. Cvetic is told to help smuggle a U.S. secret weapons report out of the country. Well written! Dana Andrews, Peter Leeds, Truman Bradley (announcer), Henry Hayward (director), David Rose (music). 
 1952-09-03  E20 Squeeze Play

+ Program #20. ZIV Syndication. "Squeeze Play". Commercials added locally. The Party takes an interest in the Leo Bremmer trial, but an honest judge resists temptation. Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer), Olan Soule, Byron Kane, Henry Hayward (director), David Rose (music). 
 1952-09-10  E21 Violence Preferred

+ Program #21. ZIV Syndication. "Violence Preferred". Commercials added locally. When the Party orders all incriminating papers destroyed, Cvetic tries to get them to the FBI first. A hat-check girl provides unintentional help. Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer), Olan Soule, Parley Baer, Henry Hayward (director), David Rose (music). 
 1952-09-17  E22 The Rat Race

+ Program #22. ZIV Syndication. "The Rat Race". Commercials added locally. Cvetic drives a hearse that is smuggling a wanted Communist out of town and away from the FBI. He helps the fugitive get onto a Polish freighter...with the help of "Candy." Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer), Henry Hayward (director), David Rose (music).
 1952-09-24  E23 Jump To The Whip

+ Program #23. ZIV Syndication. "Jump To The Whip". Commercials added locally. Matt Cvetic is ordered to Chicago to bail out a "Fellow Traveler" in trouble with the law...along with an agent of the M.V.D. Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer), Henry Hayward (director), David Rose (music). 
 1952-10-01  E24 Pennies From The Dead

+ Program #24. ZIV Syndication. "Pennies From The Dead". Commercials added locally. The Party instructs Cvetic to impersonate a Soviet agent to claim the estate of a dead Russian-American soldier. Dana Andrews, Truman Bradley (announcer), Henry Hayward (director), David Rose (music). 

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