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1952 Thriller Drama 1h 25m

Assignment: Paris

"Paris ... a city made for excitement ... excitement on a night made for murder !"

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.

5.7 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Dana Andrews

Jimmy Race

George Sanders

Nicholas Strang

Audrey Totter

Sandy Tate

Märta Torén

Jeanne Moray

Sandro Giglio

Gabor Czeki, alias Grisha

Donald Randolph

Anton Borvitch

Herbert Berghof

Prime Minister Andreas Ordy

Ben Astar

Minister of Justice Vajos

Willis Bouchey

Biddle, an Editor

Earl Lee

Dad Pelham

Jay Adler

Henry (uncredited)

Frank Arnold

French Reporter (uncredited)

Leon Askin

Franz (uncredited)

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

Miss Oster (uncredited)

Paul Birch

Colonel Mannix (uncredited)

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