Dangerous Assignment
Overview
A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star Brian Donlevy originated the role on radio in the '40s.
Cast
Episodes
Episode 1 · 30m
The Truth
Jan 1, 1952
Episode 2 · 30m
Displaced Persons Story
Episode 3 · 30m
The Displaced Persons Story
Refugees on a ship bound for a new home are terrorized by a saboteur.
Episode 4 · 30m
The Memory Chain
Steve must smash a spy ring that transmits top secret information the old-fashioned way--by word of mouth.
Episode 5 · 30m
The Manager Story
In Stockholm, a child is kidnapped in order to prevent his father from exposing an espionage ring.
Episode 6 · 30m
The Key Story
Steve must risk his life in the Swiss Alps to recover a document that proves a country's recently deceased leader was murdered.
Episode 7 · 30m
The Bhandara Story
Steve travels to Bombay in order to clear a jailed American citizen of sabotage charges.
Episode 8 · 30m
Civil War Map Story
Episode 9 · 30m
Italian Movie Story
Episode 10 · 30m
The Blood Stained Feather Story
Episode 11 · 30m
The Italian Movie Story
Steve's assignment this time is to travel to Rome in order to recover vital film footage stolen from a movie company.
Episode 12 · 30m
Sunflower Seed Story
Episode 13 · 30m
The Burma Temple Story
Steve is sent to Burma to investigate the murder of a newspaperman who was posing as a political refugee.
Episode 14 · 30m
The Sunflower Seed Story
It's Steve to the rescue when an American citizen is accused of murdering the head of a South American political party.
Episode 15 · 30m
The Caboose Story
Steve must discover whether or not an old galpal, who's now an enemy agent, is behind acts of sabotage in Japan.
Episode 16 · 30m
The Missing Diplomat Story
In Barcelona, Steve tries to retrieve a taped conversation of a European diplomat who has disappeared.
May 19, 1952
Episode 17 · 30m
The Briefcase Story
Steve must stop a saboteur's attack on a conference in Paris between Western and Eastern bloc nations.
Episode 18 · 30m
The Civil War Map Story
Steve tries to find out the connection between the murder of a well-known foreign agent and the theft of a Civil War map.
Episode 19 · 30m
The Piece of String Story
Steve tries to determine the connection between a piece of string found on a corpse and the theft of dynamite in Panama.
Episode 20 · 30m
The Salami Story
Steve hops on a French train to protect the head of an American plastics corporation who's traveling to a foreign conference. He finds the industrialist shot dead and missing are the man's documents detailing a new discovery in weapons. With the help of a French businessman, Steve goes undercover among the passengers looking for a suspect.
Episode 21 · 30m
The Dead General's Story
In the Balkans, Steve must locate a murdered general's secret documents before enemy agents can get their hands on them.
Episode 22 · 30m
The Parachute Story
Steve parachutes into Eastern Europe to search for a witness who can clear the United States of an international frame.
Episode 23 · 30m
The Paris Sewer Story
Steve discovers a Commie spy ring operating out of the sewers of Paris.
Episode 24 · 30m
Bodyguard Assignment
Mar 10, 1952
Episode 25 · 30m
The Bodyguard Story
In Paris, Steve's only clue to the identity of an assassin is a bowl of cold stew.
Episode 26 · 30m
The One Blue Chip Story
Apr 14, 1952
Episode 27 · 30m
The Blue Chip Story
Steve travels to Macao and poses as a crook to stop a counterfeiting ring that's flooding the Far East with phony United States currency.
Episode 28 · 30m
The Red Queen Story
Steve is sent to Singapore to recover a million dollars worth of rubber that was stolen from the United States.
Episode 29 · 30m
The Knitting Needle Story
Steve must protect an Italian journalist with information about Mafia activity in an election on the newsman's flight back to Italy.
Episode 30 · 30m
The Assassin Ring Story
An American businessman is framed for assassinating the King of Transjordan. Steve travels to the country to prove that other elements were responsible for the killing.
Episode 31 · 30m
The Decoy Story
Steve uses a decoy to smuggle a U.S. diplomat out of Eastern Europe.
Episode 32 · 30m
The Perfect Alibi
May 26, 1952
Episode 33 · 30m
The Stolen Letter
Steve is sent to South America to expose a plot against the United States.
Episode 34 · 30m
The Black Stocking Story
Episode 35 · 30m
The Black Hood Story
In Berlin, Steve is on the trail of two masked men who swiped a valuable briefcase containing confidential documents from a diplomatic courier.
Episode 36 · 30m
The Archeological Story
Steve poses as an agitator in Transjordan to stop a fanatic bent on starting a revolt against his government.
Episode 37 · 30m
The Perfect Alibi Story
After a murder in Rome, Steve discovers that someone has been impersonating him.
May 26, 1952
Episode 38 · 30m
The Mine Story
Steve gets smuggled into a slave labor camp to get vital information but then finds that it's going to be a lot harder getting out.
Episode 39 · 30m
The Full Dress Suit Story
Steve negotiates the dangerous back alleys of Havana in search of a spy in possession of stolen documents on microfilm.
Episode 40 · 30m
The Alien Smuggler Story
Agent Steve Mitchell journeys to Portugal to help his friend and fellow agent bust a human smuggling operation.
Feb 13, 1950
Episode 41 · 30m
The Havana Microfilm Story
May 19, 1952
