Assignment: Paris

Assignment: Paris

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

1952 · 85 min · ★ 5.9 · Thriller, Drama

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.

Directed by Robert Parrish · Written by Pauline Gallico

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