Dangerous Assignment: Street Car 17 (EP4277)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 31, 1952
Originating in HollywoodStarring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Dan Rist; Paul Frees; Herb Ellis; Tony Barrett; Paul Dubov
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| 1:15.9 | Well now it is time for this week's episode of Dangerous assignment the original |
| 1:21.0 | air date December 31st, 1952, and the title is Street-Car 17. dangerous assignment. Transcribe starring Brian Dunneby as Steve Mitchell. Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. |
| 2:06.1 | They all spell the same thing though, trouble. But when I walk into the commissioner's office, |
| 2:10.0 | I don't realize that this assignment's going to show me that sometimes the only way to let a little light in on a deal is through a bullet hole. |
| 2:17.0 | Morning Commissioner, you send for me. |
| 2:25.0 | Steve, you have a rendezvous in Trieste tomorrow night. |
| 2:27.0 | At 8 o'clock, you're to be waiting on the southeast corner of the Piazza Damo. |
| 2:30.0 | Waiting for what, Commissioner, a streetcar? |
| 2:32.0 | Exactly. The number of the car is 17. When you board that... Waiting for what commission or a streetcar? Exactly, huh? |
| 2:33.0 | The number of the car is 17. |
| 2:34.0 | When you bought that streetcar, you'll be carrying an addition of the London Times on your left hand. |
| 2:38.0 | You'll be contacted by a man named Suitoc. |
| 2:40.0 | What's this all about? |
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