Assignment – Paris!

1952 film by Robert Parrish

Assignment – Paris!

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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 (1952-09-04)

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.

## 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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* 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

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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.

## External links

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

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Films directed by Robert Parrish

* Cry Danger (1951)
* The Mob (1951)
* The San Francisco Story (1952)
* Assignment – Paris! (1952)
* My Pal Gus (1952)
* Rough Shoot (1953)
* The Purple Plain (1954)
* Lucy Gallant (1955)
* Fire Down Below (1957)
* Saddle the Wind (1958)
* The Wonderful Country (1959)
* In the French Style (1963)
* Up from the Beach (1965)
* The Bobo (1967)
* Casino Royale (1967)
* Duffy (1968)
* Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)
* A Town Called Bastard (1971)
* The Marseille Contract (1974)
* Mississippi Blues (1983)

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