Movie Cosmos - Assignment: Paris

Description:

Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.

Top Cast >

Dana Andrews

As Jimmy Race

George Sanders

As Nicholas Strang

Audrey Totter

As Sandy Tate

Märta Torén

As Jeanne Moray

Sandro Giglio

As Gabor Czeki, alias Grisha

Donald Randolph

As Anton Borvitch

Herbert Berghof

As Prime Minister Andreas Ordy

Ben Astar

As Minister of Justice Vajos

Willis Bouchey

As Biddle, an Editor

Earl Lee

As Dad Pelham

Jay Adler

As Henry (uncredited)

Frank Arnold

As French Reporter (uncredited)

Leon Askin

As Franz (uncredited)

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

As Miss Oster (uncredited)

Paul Birch

As Colonel Mannix (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

As Phone Operator (uncredited)

Monique Chantal

As Phone Operator (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

As Hungarian Embassy Reporter (uncredited)

Marcel De La Brosse

As Maitre d' (uncredited)

Maurice Doner

As Victor (uncredited)

Joseph Forte

As Barker (uncredited)

Paul Frees

As Radio Budapest Announcer (uncredited)

Gene Gary

As Receptionist (uncredited)

Don Gibson

As Phone Operator (uncredited)

Sam Harris

As Customer at Bar (uncredited)

Paul Hoffman

As Kedor (uncredited)

Pál Jávor

As Laslo Boros (uncredited)

Werner Klingler

As Interrogator (uncredited)

Don Kohler

As Bert (uncredited)

Rolf Lindau

As Doctor (uncredited)

Maurice Marsac

As Gendarme (uncredited)

Michele Montau

As Airport Receptionist (uncredited)

György Nagyajtay

As Borvitch's Aide (uncredited)

Charles H. Radilak

As Antique Dealer (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

As Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Fay Roope

As American Ambassador (uncredited)

Vito Scotti

As Italian Reporter (uncredited)

André Siméon

As Waiter (uncredited)

Robert Stevenson

As Army Doctor (uncredited)

Victor Sutherland

As Larry O'Connell (uncredited)

Albert Szabo

As Recorder (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

As Herald Tribune Staffer (uncredited)

Ken Terrell

As Military Aide (uncredited)

Sigfrid Tor

As Swedish Reporter (uncredited)

Peter J. Votrian

As Jan Czeki (uncredited)

Murvyn Vye

As Medical Officer at Prisoner Exchange (uncredited)

Georgiana Wulff

As Gogo Czeki (uncredited)

Mari Blanchard

As Wanda Marlowe (scenes deleted)

William Woodson

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Robert Parrish

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

Dana Andrews is one-man newspaper "Race" who is transferred to the Paris office where he works for veteran "Nick" (George Sanders) whilst trying to prize his girlfriend "Jeanne" (Märta Torén) away from him. She resists but he persists and she is soon beginning to fall for his charms. Luckily for "Nick" though, a situation develops when an American citizen is sentenced to twenty years in an Hungarian prison for espionage. "Race" is sent to follow up the story and soon finds himself arrested and embroiled in a plot that involves the highest level of the Government and some secret meetings that might well annoy the Soviets. "Nick" and "Jeanne" now have to find a way of obtaining freedom for the writer and getting to the bottom of this conspiracy. This film moves along well with some engaging characterisations from Andrews, Sanders and Torén. It mixes romance and political intrigue with less emphasis on the first aspect and there's some torture and a bit of sarcasm before a denouement that smacked very much of a John Le Carré novel. I enjoyed this.

2023-12-03