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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Dangerous Assignment: Epidemic-Needle in a Haystack (EP4151)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts, Drama

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: Steve is sent to a U.S.-occupied town in West Germany to find the source of an epidemic that's making everyone sick.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1951

Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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1:53.1

Now it's time for an episode of Dangerous Assignment.

1:57.1

The original air date, May 11, 1951, and the title is Epidemic, Needle in a Haystack.

2:16.8

Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Dunlavi, a Steve Mitchell.

2:38.6

Yeah, Danger is my assignment.

2:40.5

I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce.

2:42.7

They all spell the same thing, though, trouble, but when I walk into the commission's office

2:46.4

I don't realize that this assignment is going to have me looking for the proverbial needle

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