Tough Assignment
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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!
Status: Released
Released Date: 1949-11-15
Runtime: 64 mins
Director: William Beaudine
Spoken language: English
Genres: Western, Action, Adventure, Crime
Original title: Tough Assignment
Production Companies: Donald Barry Productions, Screen Guild Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Don 'Red' Barry
Marjorie Steele
Steve Brodie
Marc Lawrence
Ben Welden
Sid Melton
John Cason
Frank Richards
Fred Kohler Jr.
Michael Whalen
Edit Angold
Leander De Cordova
Stanley Andrews
Stanley Price
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