Dangerous Assignment - "Missing Japanese Weapons" (02-06-50)

Missing Japanese Weapons (Aired February 6, 1950)

Irish-American actor Brian Donlevy, who had mostly worked in movies, agreed to star in a radio series called "Dangerous Assignment" on the NBC Radio network; Donlevy played Steve Mitchell -- "international troubleshooter" for an un-named US government intelligence agency; whose boss "The Commissioner" -- dispatched him to world trouble spots; Naturally all problems got fixed in record time, all in accordance with US interests; the NBC radio series was a big enough success to last three seasons (from 1949 - 1953); perhaps the success was due in part to the mystique of the foreign situations which radio listeners could create in their imaginations; During its last year on radio, Donlevy formed a production company to convert the idea to television; But no TV network was interested, so he produced 39 episodes and sold them to individual stations nationwide in First-run Syndication. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group and The Digital Deli.

THIS EPISODE:

February 6, 1950. NBC network. Sustaining. The first show of the season. Steve Mitchell flies to Panama to recover "Missing Japanese Weapons" and solve the murder of his friend, Bill Thorne. Brian Donlevy, Robert Ryf (writer), Bill Cairn (director), Bruce Ashley (music). 29:16. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.