Assignment – Paris!

Assignment – Paris!
Assignment – Paris!
	Italian poster
Directed by	Robert Parrish
Screenplay by	William Bowers; Walter Goetz (adaptation); Jack Palmer White (adaptation)
Based on	Trial by Terror; 1952 book; by Paul Gallico and Pauline Gallico
Produced by	Samuel Marx; Jerry Bresler
Starring	Dana Andrews; Märta Torén; George Sanders; Audrey Totter
Cinematography	Ray Cory; Burnett Guffey
Edited by	Charles Nelson; Donald W. Starling
Music by	George Duning
Color process	Black and white
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 4, 1952;
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Premise

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) 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

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

External links

Assignment Paris at IMDb
Assignment Paris at AllMovie
Assignment – Paris! at the TCM Movie Database
Assignment Paris at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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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.

[senses-3] Dixon, Wheeler Winston (June 2017). "Phil Karlson: The Forgotten Master of Film Noir". Senses of Cinema.

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