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Original Airdate: July 9, 1949
Director: Bill Cairns Writer: Robert Ryf Music: Bruce Ashley
This was the first show of the series, and it takes Steve Mitchell on his first assignment abroad to Messina, Sicily in search of stolen relief supplies. Someone is stealing shipments of the Thropp Foundation. This adventure takes Steve up into the Erean Mountains battling with the bandit "Lorenzo."
Dangerous Assignment started out as a replacement radio series broadcast in the US on the NBC radio network in the summer of 1949; it became a syndicated series in early 1950. Reportedly, star Brian Donlevy himself was the one who brought the show to NBC.
In the American radio shows, Donlevy was both the protagonist within the action and the narrator, giving the show "a suspenseful immediacy." The only other regular actor on the radio shows was Herb Butterfield, who played "The Commissioner." The Australian series was begun as a result of the popularity of the American series—scripts from shows already broadcast in the US were re-done with Australian actors in 1954.
The radio show started out as a seven-week summer replacement series broadcast on NBC Saturdays 8/30–9 PM EST. It premiered July 9, 1949; the last episode was on August 20, 1949. A character portraying the Commissioner's secretary, 'Ruthie', was played by Betty Moran — it is hinted that there was some romantic history between Ruthie and Steve Mitchell.
Original Airdate: July 9, 1949
Director: Bill Cairns Writer: Robert Ryf Music: Bruce Ashley
This was the first show of the series, and it takes Steve Mitchell on his first assignment abroad to Messina, Sicily in search of stolen relief supplies. Someone is stealing shipments of the Thropp Foundation. This adventure takes Steve up into the Erean Mountains battling with the bandit "Lorenzo."
Dangerous Assignment started out as a replacement radio series broadcast in the US on the NBC radio network in the summer of 1949; it became a syndicated series in early 1950. Reportedly, star Brian Donlevy himself was the one who brought the show to NBC.
In the American radio shows, Donlevy was both the protagonist within the action and the narrator, giving the show "a suspenseful immediacy." The only other regular actor on the radio shows was Herb Butterfield, who played "The Commissioner." The Australian series was begun as a result of the popularity of the American series—scripts from shows already broadcast in the US were re-done with Australian actors in 1954.
The radio show started out as a seven-week summer replacement series broadcast on NBC Saturdays 8/30–9 PM EST. It premiered July 9, 1949; the last episode was on August 20, 1949. A character portraying the Commissioner's secretary, 'Ruthie', was played by Betty Moran — it is hinted that there was some romantic history between Ruthie and Steve Mitchell.
