Dangerous Assignment

1952 · Ended · 1 season · 41 episodes · Action & Adventure · United States

Starring Brian Donlevy, Jim Davis, Dan Seymour

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.
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Episodes

41 episodes · February 1950 – May 1952
  1. Episode 1: 1. The TruthJanuary 1, 1952 · 30 min
  2. Episode 2: 2. Displaced Persons Story30 min
  3. Episode 3: 3. The Displaced Persons Story30 min
    Refugees on a ship bound for a new home are terrorized by a saboteur.
  4. Episode 4: 4. The Memory Chain30 min
    Steve must smash a spy ring that transmits top secret information the old-fashioned way--by word of mouth.
  5. Episode 5: 5. The Manager Story30 min
    In Stockholm, a child is kidnapped in order to prevent his father from exposing an espionage ring.
  6. Episode 6: 6. The Key Story30 min
    Steve must risk his life in the Swiss Alps to recover a document that proves a country's recently deceased leader was murdered.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. The Bhandara Story30 min
    Steve travels to Bombay in order to clear a jailed American citizen of sabotage charges.
  2. Episode 8: 8. Civil War Map Story30 min
  3. Episode 9: 9. Italian Movie Story30 min
  4. Episode 10: 10. The Blood Stained Feather Story30 min
  5. Episode 11: 11. The Italian Movie Story30 min
    Steve's assignment this time is to travel to Rome in order to recover vital film footage stolen from a movie company.
  6. Episode 12: 12. Sunflower Seed Story30 min
  7. Episode 13: 13. The Burma Temple Story30 min
    Steve is sent to Burma to investigate the murder of a newspaperman who was posing as a political refugee.
  8. Episode 14: 14. The Sunflower Seed Story30 min
    It's Steve to the rescue when an American citizen is accused of murdering the head of a South American political party.
  9. Episode 15: 15. The Caboose Story30 min
    Steve must discover whether or not an old galpal, who's now an enemy agent, is behind acts of sabotage in Japan.
  10. Episode 16: 16. The Missing Diplomat StoryMay 19, 1952 · 30 min
    In Barcelona, Steve tries to retrieve a taped conversation of a European diplomat who has disappeared.
  11. Episode 17: 17. The Briefcase Story30 min
    Steve must stop a saboteur's attack on a conference in Paris between Western and Eastern bloc nations.
  12. Episode 18: 18. The Civil War Map Story30 min
    Steve tries to find out the connection between the murder of a well-known foreign agent and the theft of a Civil War map.
  13. Episode 19: 19. The Piece of String Story30 min
    Steve tries to determine the connection between a piece of string found on a corpse and the theft of dynamite in Panama.
  14. Episode 20: 20. The Salami Story30 min
    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.
  15. Episode 21: 21. The Dead General's Story30 min
    In the Balkans, Steve must locate a murdered general's secret documents before enemy agents can get their hands on them.
  16. Episode 22: 22. The Parachute Story30 min
    Steve parachutes into Eastern Europe to search for a witness who can clear the United States of an international frame.
  17. Episode 23: 23. The Paris Sewer Story30 min
    Steve discovers a Commie spy ring operating out of the sewers of Paris.
  18. Episode 24: 24. Bodyguard AssignmentMarch 10, 1952 · 30 min
  19. Episode 25: 25. The Bodyguard Story30 min
    In Paris, Steve's only clue to the identity of an assassin is a bowl of cold stew.
  20. Episode 26: 26. The One Blue Chip StoryApril 14, 1952 · 30 min
  21. Episode 27: 27. The Blue Chip Story30 min
    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.
  22. Episode 28: 28. The Red Queen Story30 min
    Steve is sent to Singapore to recover a million dollars worth of rubber that was stolen from the United States.
  23. Episode 29: 29. The Knitting Needle Story30 min
    Steve must protect an Italian journalist with information about Mafia activity in an election on the newsman's flight back to Italy.
  24. Episode 30: 30. The Assassin Ring Story30 min
    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.
  25. Episode 31: 31. The Decoy Story30 min
    Steve uses a decoy to smuggle a U.S. diplomat out of Eastern Europe.
  26. Episode 32: 32. The Perfect AlibiMay 26, 1952 · 30 min
  27. Episode 33: 33. The Stolen Letter30 min
    Steve is sent to South America to expose a plot against the United States.
  28. Episode 34: 34. The Black Stocking Story30 min
  29. Episode 35: 35. The Black Hood Story30 min
    In Berlin, Steve is on the trail of two masked men who swiped a valuable briefcase containing confidential documents from a diplomatic courier.
  30. Episode 36: 36. The Archeological Story30 min
    Steve poses as an agitator in Transjordan to stop a fanatic bent on starting a revolt against his government.
  31. Episode 37: 37. The Perfect Alibi StoryMay 26, 1952 · 30 min
    After a murder in Rome, Steve discovers that someone has been impersonating him.
  32. Episode 38: 38. The Mine Story30 min
    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.
  33. Episode 39: 39. The Full Dress Suit Story30 min
    Steve negotiates the dangerous back alleys of Havana in search of a spy in possession of stolen documents on microfilm.
  34. Episode 40: 40. The Alien Smuggler StoryFebruary 13, 1950 · 30 min
    Agent Steve Mitchell journeys to Portugal to help his friend and fellow agent bust a human smuggling operation.
  35. Episode 41: 41. The Havana Microfilm StoryMay 19, 1952 · 30 min

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EPISODE LENGTH
30 minutes
FIRST AIRED
January 1, 1952
LAST AIRED
May 26, 1952

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