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Dangerous Assignment: A Box of Busted Bells (Cairo)

Dangerous Assignment · January 27, 1951 · 29 min · 5,063 words

The transcript of “A Box of Busted Bells (Cairo)”, an episode of Dangerous Assignment first broadcast January 27, 1951. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Gumshoe plays Dangerous Assignment free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Dangerous assignments are in Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell. Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing, trouble. But when I walk into the commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment's going to involve my trying to prevent a revolution with just one weapon, a box of busted bells.

Morning, Commissioner. Ruth said you had an assignment for me. Hello, Steve. Take a look at this map of the Middle East. Oh, oh, I might have known. No, no, no. I read the newspapers too.

So they're having a little trouble in one of the countries over there. Right away I get elected, I suppose. You do, and it's more than a little trouble. How much do you know about it?

Only that it's some kind of a scandal involving one of the bright young boys and their government. An ex-lawyer named Khatuf. Khatuf is the leader of the majority party there. As such, he is in effect the strongest voice in the government.

Wait a minute, seems to me. I remember. He was accused of treason. Yes, by a minor official named Matala. Shortly after Matala made his accusation, he disappeared blood stains were found in his house the theory is that cathoot killed him before he could finish proof of cathoot's treachery so it sounds like a tooth and hot water

what's that got to do with us commissioner plan a yes he steve cathoot's government already consented the sign agreement permitting united nations to establish an air base in that country i see well imagine how vital such a base could be but it could to party force from power as a result of this scandal

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