I Was A Communist For The FBI
Throughout most of the 1940's, Matt Cvetic worked as a volunteer undercover agent for the FBI,
infiltrating the Communist Party in Pittsburgh. In 1949, his testimony helped to convict several
top Party members of conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government. Cvetic sold his account
to "The Saturday Evening Post" and it was serialized under the title "I Posed as a Communist
for the FBI". It later became a best-selling book. In 1951, Warner Brothers released a film based
on these accounts entitled "I Was A Communist For The FBI", starring with Frank Lovejoy as Cvetic.
In 1952, in the midst of the Red scare of the 1950's, the Frederick W. Ziv Company produced the
syndicated radio series with the same title as the movie. It was produced without assistance from
the FBI, which refused to cooperate. Dana Andrews played the role of Matt Cvetic for the full
78-episode run of the series. Each episode ended with Dana Andrew's well-remembered words,
"I was a Communist for the FBI. I walk alone". 
52/04/16 0 (Audition) Little Red Schoolhouse 52/04/23 1 I Walk Alone 52/04/30 2 I Can't Sleep 52/05/07 3 Little Red Schoolhouse 52/05/14 4 Red Red Herring 52/05/21 5 Pit Viper 52/05/28 6 Traitors for Hire 52/06/04 7 Card Game in the Clouds 52/06/11 8 American Kremlin 52/06/18 9 Tight Wire 52/06/25 10 A Riot Made to Order 52/07/02 11 Where the Red Men Roam 52/07/09 12 The Dangerous Dollars 52/07/16 13 Rich Man, Poor Man 52/07/23 14 Canadian Crossfire 52/07/30 15 Draw the Red Curtain 52/08/06 16 Red Clouds on the Good Earth 52/08/13 17 Exit on the Left 52/08/20 18 The Red Record 52/08/27 19 Burnt Offering 52/09/03 20 Squeeze Play 52/09/10 21 Violence Preferred 52/09/17 22 The Rat Race 52/09/24 23 Jump to the Whip 52/10/01 24 Pennies from the Dead 52/10/08 25 A Suit for the Party 52/10/15 26 The Party Got Rough 52/10/22 27 Little Boy Red 52/10/29 28 The Unwelcome Hosts 52/11/05 29 No Second Chance 52/11/12 30 The Red Gate 52/11/19 31 Red Rover, Red Rover 52/11/26 32 Home Improvement 52/12/03 33 Red Clay 52/12/10 34 The Kiss of Death 52/12/17 35 Treason Comes in Cans 52/12/24 36 The Flames Burned Red 52/12/31 37 Hate Song 53/01/07 38 Little Boy Blue Turned Red 53/01/14 39 Red Gold 53/01/21 40 Charter City Square Dance 53/01/28 41 A Study in Oils 53/02/04 42 The Sleeper 53/02/11 43 Against the Middle 53/02/18 44 The Black Gospel 53/02/25 45 The Red Ladies 53/03/04 46 One Way Ticket 53/03/11 47 Word Game 53/03/18 48 The Red Waves 53/03/25 49 Trial by Fear 53/04/01 50 The Wrong Green 53/04/08 51 The Brass Monkey 53/04/15 52 Forged Faces 53/04/22 53 Red Clay (Repeat) 53/04/29 54 Kiss Of Death (Repeat) 53/05/06 55 An Unamerican Activity 53/05/13 56 My Friend the Enemy 53/05/20 57 The Canadian Backbone 53/05/27 58 The Elspeth Club 53/06/03 59 The Crossed Heart 53/06/10 60 The Red Octopus 53/06/17 61 Abby, as in Abbigale 53/06/24 62 Tour of Duty 53/07/01 63 Fifteen Minutes to Murder 53/07/08 64 Use Only as Directed 53/07/15 65 Double Exposure 53/07/22 66 Courier of Disaster 53/07/29 67 The Line Is Busy 53/08/05 68 The Red Snow 53/08/12 69 Very Private Funeral 53/08/19 70 Rhapsody in Red 53/08/26 71 Kangaroo Court 53/09/02 72 The Inhuman Element 53/10/07 77 Panic Plan 53/10/14 78 No Visitors