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Tough Assignment
“An Action-Packed Expose of Cattle Rustling Today”
68%
Movie
1h 4m
AI Analysis
Tough Assignment (1949) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Tough Assignment (1949) — a movie tagged as Western, Action, and Adventure with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 she's walking into a butc… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~64 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Tough Assignment 68% (3 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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 she's 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, he's only got 64 minutes to do so, he'd best get cracking!
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1949-11-15
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- TMDB rating
- 6.8
- TMDB ID
- 110941
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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, photographe... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Tough Assignment?
The official runtime for Tough Assignment is approximately 64 minutes.
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Cast
Don 'Red' Barry
Dan Reilly
- M
Marjorie Steele
Margie Reilly
Steve Brodie
Boss Morgan
Marc Lawrence
Vince
Ben Welden
Sniffy
Sid Melton
Herman
John Cason
Joe
Frank Richards
Steve
Fred Kohler Jr.
Grant--Head Rancher
Michael Whalen
'Hutch' Hutchison
- E
Edit Angold
Mrs. Schultz
- L
Leander De Cordova
Schultz
Stanley Andrews
Chief Investigator Patterson
Stanley Price
Al Foster
Iris Adrian
Gloria
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