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Tough Assignment (1949)
Directed by William Beaudine
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!
Rated NR | Length 64 minutes
Actors
Don Barry | Marjorie Steele | Steve Brodie | Marc Lawrence | Ben Welden | Sid Melton | John L. Cason | Frank Richards | Fred Kohler Jr. | Michael Whalen | Edit Angold | Leander De Cordova | Stanley Andrews | Stanley Price | Iris Adrian