Tough Assignment

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Tough Assignment
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Directed by William Beaudine
Screenplay byMiltan Luban
Story byCarl K. Hittleman
Produced byCarl K. Hittleman
Starring Don Barry
Marjorie Steele
Steve Brodie
Marc Lawrence
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by Harry W. Gerstad
Music by Albert Glasser
Production
company
Donald Barry Productions
Distributed by Lippert Pictures
Release date
November 15, 1949
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States

Tough Assignment is a 1949 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Don Barry, Marjorie Steele and Steve Brodie. It is regarded as a film noir. [1]

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Plot

A Los Angeles reporter and his photographer wife investigate a criminal gang trying to establish a cartel over beef supplies to the city's butcher shops.

Cast

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References

  1. Spicer p.421

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