State Department: File 649

A lean, old-fashioned adventure that builds quiet dread as remote outposts close in around earnest officials facing a ruthless foe.

Directed by

Sam Newfield

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama

Starring

William Lundigan, Virginia Bruce, Jonathan Hale

Overview

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.

How it feels

Tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Survival, power, violence, deception

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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