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Tough Assignment (1949)

Name: Tough Assignment
Genre: Adventure, Action, Western, Crime
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 1 hr 4 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Don 'Red' Barry, Marjorie Steele, Steve Brodie, Marc Lawrence, Ben Welden

Movie"An ActionPacked Expose of Cattle Rustling Today"

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NR 1 hr 4 minNov 15th, 1949Adventure, Action, Western, Crime

A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers Donald Red Barry plays Dan Reilly a newspaper reporter just returned to LA with his wife photographer Margie Marjorie Steele Margie insists on taking pictures of everywhere they go and so as shes walking into a butcher shop she poses for Dan while at the same time three thugs make their way quickly out after beating up the proprietors Soon Margie and Dan are involved in investigating an illegal meat operation that rustles cattle and forces butchers to buy it or else Dan gets beaten up a couple of times but is undaunted in pursuing the great story and hey hes only got 64 minutes to do so hed best get cracking

StarringDon 'Red' BarryMarjorie SteeleSteve Brodie

DirectorWilliam Beaudine

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