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Assignment – Paris!
Italian poster
Directed byRobert Parrish
Screenplay byWilliam Bowers
Walter Goetz (adaptation)
Jack Palmer White (adaptation)
Based onTrial by Terror
1952 book
by Paul Gallico and Pauline Gallico
Produced bySamuel Marx
Jerry Bresler
StarringDana Andrews
Märta Torén
George Sanders
Audrey Totter
CinematographyRay Cory
Burnett Guffey
Edited byCharles Nelson
Donald W. Starling
Music byGeorge Duning
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 4, 1952 (1952-09-04)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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Production

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

It was filmed on location in Paris and Budapest.

References

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  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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