The 49th Man

1953
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1h 13m

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During the Cold War, the Defense Department's War Games team smuggles 48 nuclear bomb parts into the USA to test the nation's readiness for a subversive attack but an unexplained 49th bomb p... Read allDuring the Cold War, the Defense Department's War Games team smuggles 48 nuclear bomb parts into the USA to test the nation's readiness for a subversive attack but an unexplained 49th bomb part mysteriously shows up.During the Cold War, the Defense Department's War Games team smuggles 48 nuclear bomb parts into the USA to test the nation's readiness for a subversive attack but an unexplained 49th bomb part mysteriously shows up.

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John Ireland

Investigator John Williams

Richard Denning

Chief Investigator Paul Reagan

Suzanne Dalbert

Margo Wayne

Robert Foulk

Cmdr. Jackson

Mike Connors

Lt. Magrew
(as Touch Conners)

Richard Avonde

Buzz Olin

William Bryant

FBI Agent in Montage
(as William R. Klein)

Cicely Browne

Blonde Woman

Tommy Farrell

Agent Reynolds

Joseph Mell

Box of Taffy Man at Penn Station

Robert Hunter

Andy - alias Andre, an agent

Peter Marshall

Leo Wayne

Chris Alcaide

Agent Manning
(uncredited)

Robert Bice

Detective
(uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

Sheriff Ramirez
(uncredited)

Morgan Brown

Penn Station Counterman
(uncredited)

Michael Colgan

Agent Gray
(uncredited)

James Conaty

Elevator Passenger
(uncredited)
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Director
- Fred F. Sears
Writers
- Harry Essex
- Ivan Tors
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Although the film is taking place in contemporary 1953, vintage stock footage of San Francisco is of an earlier era, about fifteen years previous, revealing pre-WWII automobiles and streetcars all of which had long since disappeared by the time the film was made.

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6/10

of some historic interest

Others have commented about the Red Scare and the proliferation of this type of film in the '50s, so I won't.

The 49th man stars John Ireland and Richard Denning and involves the search for pieces of the atom bomb which are being smuggled in to the U. S.

I won't go into a lot of detail about the plot, but it was very far-fetched and simplistic.

I do, however, like both John Ireland and Richard Denning. Also, I noticed "Touch Connors" in the credits. He of course became Mike Connors, and it was fun to see him.

Many of these films that involved the armed services or some government office contained narrations and tended to be on the dry side. This film had more action.