Assignment – Paris!

Assignment – Paris!
Directed by	Robert Parrish
Produced by	Samuel Marx Jerry Bresler
Screenplay by	William Bowers Walter Goetz (adpt) Jack Palmer White (adpt)
Based on	Trial of Terror 1952 book by Paul Gallico and Pauline Gallico
Starring	Dana Andrews Audrey Totter George Sanders
Music by	George Duning
Cinematography	Ray Cory Burnett Guffey
Edited by	Charles Nelson Donald W. Starling
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	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. Filmed on location in Paris and Budapest.

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 - Jimmy Race
• Märta Torén - Jeanne Moray
• George Sanders - Nicholas Strang
• Audrey Totter - Sandy Tate
• Donald Randolph - Anton Borvich

References

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.

External links

• Assignment Paris at the Internet Movie Database
• Assignment Paris at AllMovie
• Assignment Paris at the American Film Institute Catalog