Leans Traditional
7.3
King Solomon's Mines
(1950)
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
I Led 3 Lives (1953)
I Led 3 Lives (1953)
Overview
Herbert Philbrick was a young professional and pacifist in 1939 Boston. He joined an anti-war group and quickly found himself caught up in the secret world of underground communist activity. He agreed to spy on the Communists for the FBI, and spent the next 9 years of his life as a Communist, FBI spy, and Communist counter-spy, since they had asked him to follow other comrades to test their loyalty. Hence the 3 lives; and his family, co-workers, and church never knew. This TV show is based on the TRUE story of how Philbrick (played ably by Richard Carlson) could never relax, but had to sneak to secret cell meetings and meet FBI agents in clandestine places to make info drops, never knowing when he might be found out, and if he would live to see the next rendezvous.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Herbert Philbrick was a young professional and pacifist in 1939 Boston. He joined an anti-war group and quickly found himself caught up in the secret world of underground communist activity. He agreed to spy on the Communists for the FBI, and spent the next 9 years of his life as a Communist, FBI spy, and Communist counter-spy, since they had asked him to follow other comrades to test their loyalty. Hence the 3 lives; and his family, co-workers, and church never knew. This TV show is based on the TRUE story of how Philbrick (played ably by Richard Carlson) could never relax, but had to sneak to secret cell meetings and meet FBI agents in clandestine places to make info drops, never knowing when he might be found out, and if he would live to see the next rendezvous.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central thesis explicitly promotes conservative ideology by portraying communism as an existential threat to American values and celebrating the efforts of an FBI counterspy to combat internal subversion. Its narrative unequivocally champions patriotism and national security during the Cold War era.
This 1953 television series features traditional casting reflecting its era, with no apparent intentional diversity in its character representation. The narrative positively frames traditional identities without any critique, focusing on its historical anti-communist themes.
Secondary
The series implicitly affirms religious freedom and belief, often associated with Christianity, as a core American value threatened by the atheistic communist ideology. The narrative positions the audience to view communist attempts to suppress religion as unequivocally negative.
The Cold War-era television series 'I Led 3 Lives' focuses on anti-communist espionage and does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative aligns with typical mainstream television content from the 1950s, which generally omitted such portrayals.
The 1953 series 'I Led 3 Lives' is a Cold War spy drama focused on espionage and counterintelligence. Its narrative does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, the film's portrayal of transsexual identity is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The series 'I Led 3 Lives' is based on the real-life experiences of Herbert Philbrick, a male individual. The show portrays Herbert Philbrick as male, and there is no evidence of any other historically or canonically established characters being portrayed as a different gender.
The 1953 show "I Led 3 Lives" is based on the real-life experiences of Herbert Philbrick, a white individual. There is no historical or canonical evidence suggesting that Philbrick or any other established character in the series, based on real people or prior canon, was portrayed by an actor of a different race.
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