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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Dangerous Assignment: Recover Stolen Missile Plan Microfilm (EP3965)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts, Drama

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery:Steve is sent on a chase across Great Britain and Ireland to try and locate stolen microfilm.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1950

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Music app at amazon.com slash OTR detectives. Well, now it is time for this week's episode

1:36.0

of Dangerous Assignment. The original air date, August 30th, 1950, and the title is,

1:42.0

Recover Stolen Missile Plan Microfilm.

1:48.0

Wheaties presents Dangerous Assignment.

1:56.0

On stage, tonight from Hollywood, Dangerous Assignment, another in the Wheaties big parade of exciting half-hour presentation.

2:10.0

Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Dunlevy as Steve Mitchell.

2:32.0

Yeah, Danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce but they all spell the same thing.

2:38.0

Trouble. But when I walk into the commission's office, I don't realize that this assignment is going to involve an innocent little picture postcard

2:46.0

that almost turns out to be my death warrant.

2:56.0

Morning commission, Ruth said you had something for me. I do, here it is Steve, a plane ticket.

3:02.0

Oh no, not again so soon. How soon can you get back? Look, the way you've had me hopping around the world lately,

3:06.0

I don't even have anything left to pack. I've got a dirty shirt and practically every city in the world.

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