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Assignment: Paris

Assignment: Paris

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Assignment: Paris

"Paris ... a city made for excitement ... excitement on a night made for murder !"

1952

1h 25m

5.9(19 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Overview

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.

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Columbia Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

Jimmy Race

George Sanders

George Sanders

Nicholas Strang

Audrey Totter

Audrey Totter

Sandy Tate

Märta Torén

Märta Torén

Jeanne Moray

Sandro Giglio

Sandro Giglio

Gabor Czeki, alias Grisha

Donald Randolph

Donald Randolph

Anton Borvitch

Herbert Berghof

Herbert Berghof

Prime Minister Andreas Ordy

Ben Astar

Ben Astar

Minister of Justice Vajos

Willis Bouchey

Willis Bouchey

Biddle, an Editor

Earl Lee

Dad Pelham

Creative team

Directed by: Robert Parrish
Written by: Pauline Gallico
William Bowers
Produced by: Jerry Bresler
Samuel Marx

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