Assignment – Paris!
Appearance
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Directed by | Robert Parrish |
Screenplay by | William Bowers Walter Goetz (adaptation) Jack Palmer White (adaptation) |
Based on | Trial of 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 |
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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.
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
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 AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Categories:
- 1952 films
- 1952 drama films
- 1950s spy films
- American films
- American spy films
- Cold War spy films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films scored by George Duning
- Films about journalists
- Films directed by Robert Parrish
- Films set in Budapest
- Films set in Paris
- Films shot in Budapest
- Films shot in Paris
- American black-and-white films
- 1950s drama film stubs