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Assignment: Paris
Assignment: Paris

Assignment: Paris

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

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ThrillerDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

04 September 1952

Country

United States of America

Cast

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

Earl Lee

Dad Pelham

Jay Adler

Jay Adler

Henry (uncredited)

Frank Arnold

Frank Arnold

French Reporter (uncredited)

Leon Askin

Leon Askin

Franz (uncredited)

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

Miss Oster (uncredited)

Paul Birch

Paul Birch

Colonel Mannix (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

Gail Bonney

Phone Operator (uncredited)

Monique Chantal

Monique Chantal

Phone Operator (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado

Hungarian Embassy Reporter (uncredited)

Marcel De La Brosse

Marcel De La Brosse

Maitre d' (uncredited)

Maurice Doner

Maurice Doner

Victor (uncredited)

Joseph Forte

Joseph Forte

Barker (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Paul Frees

Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)

Gene Gary

Gene Gary

Receptionist (uncredited)

Don Gibson

Don Gibson

Phone Operator (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Sam Harris

Customer at Bar (uncredited)

Paul Hoffman

Paul Hoffman

Kedor (uncredited)

Pál Jávor

Pál Jávor

Laslo Boros (uncredited)

Werner Klingler

Werner Klingler

Interrogator (uncredited)

Don Kohler

Don Kohler

Bert (uncredited)

Rolf Lindau

Rolf Lindau

Doctor (uncredited)

Maurice Marsac

Maurice Marsac

Gendarme (uncredited)

Michele Montau

Michele Montau

Airport Receptionist (uncredited)

György Nagyajtay

György Nagyajtay

Borvitch's Aide (uncredited)

Charles H. Radilak

Charles H. Radilak

Antique Dealer (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Fay Roope

Fay Roope

American Ambassador (uncredited)

Vito Scotti

Vito Scotti

Italian Reporter (uncredited)

André Siméon

André Siméon

Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Stevenson

Robert Stevenson

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Victor Sutherland

Victor Sutherland

Larry O'Connell (uncredited)

Albert Szabo

Albert Szabo

Recorder (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Hal Taggart

Herald Tribune Staffer (uncredited)

Ken Terrell

Ken Terrell

Military Aide (uncredited)

Sigfrid Tor

Sigfrid Tor

Swedish Reporter (uncredited)

Peter J. Votrian

Peter J. Votrian

Jan Czeki (uncredited)

Murvyn Vye

Murvyn Vye

Medical Officer at Prisoner Exchange (uncredited)

Georgiana Wulff

Georgiana Wulff

Gogo Czeki (uncredited)

Mari Blanchard

Mari Blanchard

Wanda Marlowe (scenes deleted)

William Woodson

William Woodson

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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