
Film
Tough Assignment
1949 · 1h 4m · Western · Action · Adventure
An Action-Packed Expose of Cattle Rustling Today
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Overview
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!
Cast

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

Stanley Andrews
Chief Investigator Patterson

Stanley Price
Al Foster

Iris Adrian
Gloria
Crew
- William BeaudineDirector
- Milton LubanScreenplay
- Carl K. HittlemanStory
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 15, 1949
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Western, Action, Adventure, Crime
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