Tough Assignment (1949)

Action Adventure Crime Western

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!

Updated May 24 2020

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US -

1949-11-15

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Keywords:

noir b movie cattle rustling

FACTS

Runtime: 64 mins Rating: 6.0 Tag Line: An Action-Packed Expose of Cattle Rustling Today

Cast

Marc Lawrence

Vince (a tough)

Steve Brodie

Boss Morgan

Michael Whalen

'Hutch' Hutchison

Stanley Andrews

Chief Investigator Patterson

Iris Adrian

Gloria (the moll)

Leander De Cordova

Schultz (the butcher)

Ben Welden

Sniffy (a tough)

Sid Melton

Herman (crooked rancher)