Tough Assignment (1949)
An Action-Packed Expose of Cattle Rustling Today
A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers. Donald "Red" Barry plays Dan Reilly, a newspaper reporter just returned to LA with his wife, photographer Margie (Marjorie Steele). Margie insists on taking pictures of everywhere they go, and so as she's walking into a butcher shop she poses for Dan - while at the same time three thugs make their way quickly out after beating up the proprietors. Soon Margie and Dan are involved in investigating an illegal meat operation that rustles cattle and forces butchers to buy it - or else. Dan gets beaten up a couple of times, but is undaunted in pursuing the great story - and hey, he's only got 64 minutes to do so, he'd best get cracking!
- Date of release
- 1949-11-15
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Western, Action, Adventure, Crime
- Director
- William Beaudine
Casting
- Don 'Red' Barry — Dan Reilly
- Marjorie Steele — Margie Reilly
- Steve Brodie — Boss Morgan
- Marc Lawrence — Vince
- Ben Welden — Sniffy
- Sid Melton — Herman
- John Cason — Joe
- Frank Richards — Steve
- Fred Kohler Jr. — Grant--Head Rancher
- Michael Whalen — 'Hutch' Hutchison
- Edit Angold — Mrs. Schultz
- Leander De Cordova — Schultz
Interesting facts
Tough Assignment is a 1949 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Don Barry, who also produced the film, with Marjorie Steele and Steve Brodie. It is regarded as a film noir.
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