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With honest shopkeeper Schultz caught in the middle and mysterious toughs closing in, Dan and Margie risk everything to bring a silent crime ring into the spotlight.\n\nTitle: Tough Assignment (1949) AKA: Cowboy-Gangster\nBlack & White version: https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FRre7g8jScXs\n\n⭐️ STARRING\nDon Barry - Dan Reilly\nMarjorie Steele - Margie Reilly\nSteve Brodie - Boss Morgan\nMarc Lawrence - Vince\nBen Welden - Sniffy\nSid Melton - Herman\nJohn L. Cason - Joe\nFrank Richards - Steve\nFred Kohler Jr. - Grant, Head Rancher\nMichael Whalen - Hutchison\nEdit Angold - Mrs. Schultz\nLeander De Cordova - Mr. Schultz\nStanley Andrews - Chief Investigator Patterson\nStanley Price - Al Foster\nIris Adrian - Gloria\nHugh Simpson - Ted\nGayle Kellogg - Jack Lowery\n\n🎬 CREW\nDirected by William Beaudine\nWritten by Carl K. Hittleman, Milton Luban\nCinematography by Jock MacKenzie \nJazz-tinged score by Raoul Kraushaar \n\n🎯 WHY WATCH?\n • 📰 crusading reporters • 🥩 small‑town underworld racket\n\n🔔 SUBSCRIBE @CultCinemaClassics\nFilm Noir • Crime • Mystery • Western • Classic B‑Pictures •",1766537931,3864,"en",10502,"youtube","Cult Cinema Classics",{"channelId":9,"sourceId":20,"id":20,"title":21,"description":22,"addedAt":23,"duration":14,"language":15,"year":6,"viewCount":24,"type":17,"channelName":18},"Rre7g8jScXs","Tough Assignment (1949) A film noir western: bullets, betrayal, and stolen herds of beef!","When a honeymoon collides with a meat-packing racket, this reporter couple must grill the truth out of a gang that plays for keeps. 🥩🔥\nNewlyweds Dan and Margie Reilly stumble onto a black-market beef operation while on their honeymoon. With Boss Morgan's thugs silencing witnesses and sabotaging evidence, the duo races to expose the conspiracy before they become the next targets.\n\nOriginal Title: Tough Assignment (1949)\nAlternative title: Cowboy-Gangster\ncolorized version https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FuMbZ9qwSHuE\n\nDirector: William Beaudine\nWriters: Carl K. Hittleman, Milton Luban\nActors: Don 'Red' Barry, Marjorie Steele, Steve Brodie\n\nGenres: Drama, Crime, Film Noir, Mystery, Western\nRelease date: November 15, 1949\nFilming location: Agoura, California\n\n\nhttps:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fplaylist?list=UUMOycDFnpMeWzaITQSD1dWsOA\n\n@CultCinemaClassics",1766537932,14211,{"channelId":26,"sourceId":27,"id":27,"title":5,"description":28,"size":29,"addedAt":30,"year":6,"downloads":31,"type":26,"channelName":32},"archive.org","dipwad2_zoho_1561","\"Tough Assignment\" is a 1949 American action film directed by William Beaudine. The storyline revolves around a newspaper reporter and his attempts to expose a gang of beef smugglers. Don \"Red\" Barry stars as the newspaper reporter, while Marjorie Steele plays his wife. As the reporter gets closer to uncovering the truth about the smuggling operation, he and his wife face dangers and threats from the criminals involved. 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