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While now it is time for this week's episode of Dangerous Assignment, the original air date, May 17th,

1950, and the title is Find 100,000 barrels of Missing Oil.

Weedies presents Dangerous Assignment.

On stage tonight from Hollywood Dangerous Assignment, another in the Weedies big parade of

exciting half-hour presentations. Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Dunlevy as Steve Mitchell.

Yeah, Dangerous Assignment, I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell

the same thing though, trouble. But when I walk into the commissioners office, I don't realize that

this assignment is going to end up with me depending for my life on my own cigarette lighter.

Morning, good morning. Get out your pith helmets, Steve. You're leaving for Arabia on the next plane.

Arabia? Now look, my days as a camel, Jackie, are over. Don't worry. You won't be riding any

camels unless you find some carrying oil in their homes. Oil? What's the deal? That's the deal.

100,000 barrels of it. Missing. Look, since when have we been playing nurse made the oil

companies? This is a lot bigger than any oil company, Steve. Three days ago, the Sheik's Inspector

found a discrepancy in the figures of one of the oil companies, the five-star. Unless the

matter is cleared up to the Sheik's satisfaction, we may lose the entire concession.

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