Tough Assignment

Tough Assignment is a 1949 American crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Don Barry, who also produced the film, with Marjorie Steele and Steve Brodie. It is regarded as a film noir.

Plot
A Los Angeles reporter and his photographer wife investigate a criminal gang rustling cattle and trying to establish a cartel over beef supplies to the city's butcher shops.

Cast

 * Don Barry as Dan Reilly
 * Marjorie Steele as Margie Reilly
 * Steve Brodie as Boss Morgan
 * Marc Lawrence as Vince
 * Ben Welden as Sniffy
 * Sid Melton as Herman
 * John L. Cason as Joe
 * Frank Richards as Steve
 * Fred Kohler Jr. as Grant, Head Rancher
 * Michael Whalen as Hutchison
 * Edit Angold as Mrs. Schultz
 * Leander De Cordova as Mr. Schultz
 * Stanley Andrews as Chief Investigator Patterson
 * Stanley Price as Al Foster
 * Iris Adrian as Gloria
 * Hugh Simpson as Ted
 * Gayle Kellogg as Jack Lowery