Tough Assignment

Tough Assignment

64 mins | Crime, Action, Adventure, Western | Nov. 15, 1949

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!

Tough Assignment

64 mins | Crime, Action, Adventure, Western | Nov. 15, 1949

Tough Assignment
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!
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Screen Guild Productions, Donald Barry Productions
Original title Tough Assignment
Directors William Beaudine
Writers Milton Luban, Carl K. Hittleman

Cast

Don Barry

as Dan Reilly (as Don Barry)

Marjorie Steele

as Margie Reilly

Steve Brodie

as Boss Morgan

Marc Lawrence

as Vince (a tough)

Ben Welden

as Sniffy (a tough)

Sid Melton

as Herman (crooked rancher)

John Cason

as Joe (crooked rancher) (as John Cason)

Frank Richards

as Steve (thug at ranch)

Fred Kohler Jr.

as Grant--Head Rancher

Michael Whalen

as 'Hutch' Hutchison

Edit Angold

as Mrs. Schultz

Leander De Cordova

as Schultz (the butcher)

Stanley Andrews

as Chief Investigator Patterson

Stanley Price

as Al Foster (butcher)

Iris Adrian

as Gloria (the moll)