Tough Assignment
An Action-Packed Expose of Cattle Rustling Today
1949 | 64m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | William Beaudine |
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| Writer: | Carl K. Hittleman, Milton Luban |
| Staring: |
| 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! | |
| Release Date: | Nov 15, 1949 |
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| Director: | William Beaudine |
| Writer: | Carl K. Hittleman, Milton Luban |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Crime, Western |
| Keywords | film noir, b movie, cattle, rustling |
| Production Companies | Screen Guild Productions, Donald Barry Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Don 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 |
| Stanley Andrews | Chief Investigator Patterson |
| Stanley Price | Al Foster |
| Iris Adrian | Gloria |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Carl K. Hittleman | Story |
| Perry Finnerman | Camera Operator |
| Walter Hermann | Makeup Artist |
| William Beaudine | Director |
| Milton Luban | Screenplay |
| C.O. Morris | Grip |
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