Tough Assignment
Tough Assignment is a 1949 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Don Barry, who also produced the film, with Marjorie Steele and Steve [Brodie |Steve Brodie]. It is regarded as a film noir.
Plot
A Los Angeles reporter and his photographer wife investigate a criminal gang rustling cattle and trying to establish a cartel over beef supplies to the city's butcher shops.Cast
- Don Barry as Dan Reilly
- Marjorie Steele as Margie Reilly
- Steve Brodie as Boss Morgan
- Marc Lawrence as Vince
- Ben Welden as Sniffy
- Sid Melton as Herman
- John L. Cason as Joe
- Frank [Richards |Frank Richards] as Steve
- Fred Kohler [Jr.] as Grant, Head Rancher
- Michael Whalen as Hutchison
- Edit Angold as Mrs. Schultz
- Leander De Cordova as Mr. Schultz
- Stanley Andrews as Chief Investigator Patterson
- Stanley Price as Al Foster
- Iris Adrian as Gloria
- Hugh Simpson as Ted
- Gayle Kellogg as Jack Lowery