one of my absolute favorites!

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Typical anti-red propaganda, made at the height of Hollywood's scary blacklisting chapter in its history. It's all because a promising businessman (Robert Ryan), once a registered communist under a different name, has been located by an old girlfriend (Janis Carter) and exposed to the big man (Thomas Gomez), even though he wants no part of them. Carter is now involved with the brother (John Agar) of Ryan's fiancée (Laraine Day) and is trying to convert him, even though he's a staunch democrat even if he is a bit liberal.This is actually pretty enjoyable even if the motivations in making it are extremely obvious. The commies are actually identifiable as human beings, not cartoonish like other anti-Communist films (in particular "The Red Menace" and "Big Jim McLain") where the message comes at you like a 3-D movie monster. There's some really horrific violence, pretty taut for a film made during the studio era, a sign that the production code was slowly loosing steam.

When you see a title that begins with the phrase "I Married,...", you might be tempted to think that this will be a cheesy exploitation movie, but this movie and I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE are two movies with titles like this that are well worth watching. Robert Ryan plays a communist spy set on the destruction of America. His lovely new bride at first suspects nothing. However, as the movie continues, more and more clues appear until it is obvious Ryan isn't the man she thought he was. So, when this occurs, Ryan is ordered to murder her--setting up an excellent conclusion.This movie came out during the "Red Scare" of the late 1940s-50s. Considering that the Cold War just began, it's an excellent and very interesting piece of pro-West propaganda and a good job of it, as well.

Despite the slightly hysterical anti-Communist tone, this is a well-made and very well-acted thriller with excellent performances from most of the cast, especially Janis Carter and super-villains Thomas Gomez and William Tallman. John Agar and Larraine Day are also excellent in leading roles; the surprise weak link is Robert Ryan, who fails to bring his usual intensity to his part as a blackmailed ex-Red who can't leave the party. The cinematography is dark and moody, with good use of San Francisco backdrops. The script is not bad either, with a certain amount of very bleak humor which does little to soften the harsh view of most of the characters. Put politics aside and enjoy this noir-ish and entertaining movie!

The Woman on Pier 13 is what this movie was really called, the I Married a Communist (1949) title did not set well with all of the black list investigations in the early 1950's. This film was not released until 1950. It kept one interested and I feel it was mainly because of character actor Thomas Gomez (1905-1971). He always was an interesting character in his other films like the Sherlock Homes series with Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce. You noticed I don't mention the other actors in this film, it's because Thomas Gomez as Vinning was the STAR.