Tough Assignment (1949)
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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!
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Plot:
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!
Tagline: An Action-Packed Expose of Cattle Rustling Today
Genres: Western, Action, Adventure, Crime
Original Title: Tough Assignment
Spoken Language(s): English
Rating: 6
Vote Count: 1
Status: Released
Release Date: November 15, 1949
Primary Year: 1949
IMDB Link: tt0041976
Runtime: 64min | 1h 04min
Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: Screen Guild Productions, Donald Barry Productions
- Don Barry – Dan Reilly (as Don Barry)
- Marjorie Steele – Margie Reilly
- Steve Brodie – Boss Morgan
- Marc Lawrence – Vince (a tough)
- Ben Welden – Sniffy (a tough)
- Sid Melton – Herman (crooked rancher)
- John L. Cason – Joe (crooked rancher) (as John Cason)
- Frank Richards – Steve (thug at ranch)
- Fred Kohler Jr. – Grant–Head Rancher
- Michael Whalen – ‘Hutch’ Hutchison
- German – DE
- English – US
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