Dangerous Assignment: Find Rudolf Karpel (EP4145)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Rotterdam, Netherlands on a tip from a female track athlete who claims to have seen a Nazi war criminal at a china shop. The problem? The china shop has disappeared and everyone claims it was never there.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1951
Originated in Hollywood
Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Martha Wentworth, Sidney Miller, Barney Phillips, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg
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| 1:25.9 | of Dangerous Assignment. The original air date is May the 4th, 1951. |
| 1:31.7 | And the title is Find Rudolph Carpell. |
| 1:47.4 | Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Tom Levy as Steve Mitchell. |
| 1:55.9 | Yeah, Dangerous My Assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. |
| 2:14.2 | They all spell the same thing though, trouble. But when I walk into the commission, there's |
| 2:17.9 | offers I don't realize that this assignment's going to wind up with my catching a war criminal |
| 2:22.4 | because a china shop vanishes into thin air. |
| 2:33.4 | Morning, commissioner. You said you had an assignment for me. |
| 2:35.6 | I do, Steve. Have you heard of gluten-sweizen? |
| 2:37.6 | No. Sounds like something you spread on rye bread. |
| 2:40.2 | You're not even close. It's a woman's track team. |
| 2:42.2 | Oh, well, hey, you know for a moment I thought you said of it. |
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