Assignment – Paris!

Assignment – Paris!
Assignment – Paris!
Directed by	Robert Parrish
Screenplay by	William Bowers; Walter Goetz (adaptation); Jack Palmer White (adaptation)
Produced by	Samuel Marx; Jerry Bresler
Starring	Dana Andrews; Audrey Totter; George Sanders
Cinematography	Ray Cory; Burnett Guffey
Edited by	Charles Nelson; Donald W. Starling
Music by	George Duning
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 4, 1952;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Assignment – Paris! is a 1952 Cold War film noir starring Dana Andrews and Audrey Totter.

Plot

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
Donald Randolph as Anton Borvich

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

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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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