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Dangerous Assignment: Operation Hot Foot (Trinidad)

Dangerous Assignment · May 18, 1951 · 28 min · 4,820 words

The transcript of “Operation Hot Foot (Trinidad)”, an episode of Dangerous Assignment first broadcast May 18, 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 assignment, starring Brian Donlevi as Steve Mitchell. Danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing, though, trouble.

But when I walk into the Commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment's going to wind up with my giving our defensive industries a shot in the arm by falling into a hole in the ground.

Morning, Commissioner. Who said you wanted to see me? I said you wanted to see me. Steve, how long has it been since you've had a vacation? Exactly, a month longer than the last time I mentioned it to you.

I've been thinking about it, Steve. You've been working pretty hard lately. Okay, take your vacation. Well, if that's all you called me, innit it? Wait a minute. What did you say? You heard me. I said take your vacation.

You know, if I had time, I'd faint from shock, but I've got too much packing to do. New York City, here I come. No, the Caribbean. Caribbean? Well, yeah, I might go down there at that.

Quite a few places down there alike, Havana. No, Trinidad. Trinidad. Hey, now look, it gets pretty hot down there this time of year. Here up once you get there will be a lot hotter. Trinidad it is. The new Dominion Hotel.

Oh, just a minute, Commissioner. What's the matter? You're sure this is a vacation, of course. Of course. Of course. There's the little matter of operation, Hotfoot. Okay, okay. I might have known. So what pray tell is Operation Hotfoot this?

Lighting a match? Say, you're just chock full of whimsy this morning, aren't you? It isn't whimsy, Steve. It's sulfur. Okay, so you're chock-full of sulfur. All joking aside, here's a setup. You know how important sulfur is in industry.

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