Assignment – Paris!

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.

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

Plot

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

• 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

Phil Karlson was the original director, but was fired during filming.^[3]

It was filmed on location in Paris and Budapest.