This film is exactly what they taught us in film school about what NOT to do with a plot, The first day of class we learned not to leave a pot of boiling water on a stove when you leave a room. The audience will always wonder what happened to the pot. This plot leaves TWO boiling pots of water on the stove when the director leaves the room. One is the main character, and the other a sympathetic character. Dana Andrews plays his usual smug and fast-talking hustler role, and then becomes one of the boiling pots. Some B actress from Europe plays his romantic interest, but she is not even as interesting as Ms Totter, who plays a minor role in the film. I have always loved George Saunders. I love everything he did. He tries hard to save this turkey, but he cant. Dumb newpaperman films are passe now; nobody reads newspapers. There are a lot of sharp newspaper films, but this is not one of them.
Review of Assignment: Paris
