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Tough Assignment

1949NR1h 4m5.6

In order to investigate a modern-day cattle rustling operation, a newspaper reporter and his girlfriend infiltrate the gang.

Don Reilly, a Los Angeles newspaper reporter in 1949, recently married to Margie, a photographer employed by the same newspaper, stumbles upon the fact that gangsters are forcing butcher shops to sell their unlicensed beef, and he persuades his managing editor to allow him to follow up on the story. His bride goes with him on an investigation that leads him to the ranch hideout of the gang, who are rustling cattle using fast, refrigeration trucks.

Info about Tough Assignment

Studio(s): Donald Barry Productions, Screen Guild Productions

Originally Released: Nov 15, 1949

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Western