Bombay Gun Runners (Aired August 23, 1950)
This thirty-minute international spy adventure featured Steve Mitchell (Brian Donlevy), and investigator of crimes in exotic locations. 60 episodes. Herb Butterfield played the Commissioner and Betty Moran was the Commissioner's secretary. Other cast members were GeGe Pearson, Ken Peters, Betty Lou Gerson, Dan O’Herlihy. The director was Bill Cairn and the writer for the series was Robert Ryf. The opening was the same every week “Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can’t even pronounce. They all spell the same thing though, trouble.” He would be summoned to his boss’s office where he would be given his assignment; he would then fly halfway across the globe to save the day! The worldwide locations are dealt up with a feeling of local, and the characters that inhabit these far-away places with strange sounding names are solid and capably acted by veterans. Music is an almost harsh orchestra. Donlevy carries the plots with a world-weary and wary tone that makes sense, based on his occupation.
THIS EPISODE:
August 23, 1950. "Bombay Gun Runners." NBC Network. Sponsored by: Wheaties. Steve Mitchell is off to Bombay to help an American who has been framed for gun running. Brian Donlevy, Frank Martin (commercial spokesman), Robert Ryf (writer, commercial spokesman), Basil Adlam (composer), Ralph Hollenbeck (conductor), Bill Cairn (producer, director). 29:29.
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