Assignment – Paris!

1952 film by Robert Parrish
  • September 4, 1952 (1952-09-04)
Running time
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Assignment – Paris! is a 1952 American Cold War film noir directed by Robert Parrish and starring Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders and Audrey Totter. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race is sent by his boss behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador. While on assignment, Race is framed for espionage.[1][2]

Cast

  • Dana Andrews as Jimmy Race
  • Märta Torén as Jeanne Moray
  • George Sanders as Nicholas Strang
  • Audrey Totter as Sandy Tate
  • Sandro Giglio as Gabor Czeki alias Grisha
  • Donald Randolph as Anton Borvich
  • Herbert Berghof as Prime Minister Andreas Ordy
  • Ben Astar as Minister of Justice Vajos
  • Willis Bouchey as Biddle - Editor
  • Earl Lee as Dad Pelham
  • Pál Jávor as Laslo Boros
  • Georgiana Wulff as Gogo Czeki

Production

Phil Karlson was the original director, but was fired during filming.[3]

It was filmed on location in Paris and Budapest.

References

  1. ^ Mavis, Paul (2011). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 (ebook ed.). McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0427-5.
  2. ^ McKay, James (2010). Dana Andrews: The Face of Noir. McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-7864-4614-8.
  3. ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston (June 2017). "Phil Karlson: The Forgotten Master of Film Noir". Senses of Cinema.

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