Dangerous Assignment: Death Drums

Wheaties presents Dangerous Assignment! On stage, tonight from Hollywood, Dangerous Assignment! Another in the Wheaties big parade of exciting half-hour presentations! Dangerous Assignment! Starring Brian Donnlevy 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, though. Trouble. But when I walk into the Commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment's going to end up with my having to decide whom to hem my gun to the guy who's trying to hem.

the guy who's trying to help me or the guy who's trying to kill me. Good morning, Commissioner. Steve, have a seat. Thanks. Ruth? Yes, Commissioner. Steve's here. How are you doing with this plane reservation?

All of that. Until I've even got a bottle of mosquito lotion for him. Mosquito lotion sounds like I'm going to get stung in more ways than one. Where are you sending me? Africa. Oh, great.

Steve, you know how vitally important Africa is to most of the world as a source of raw materials. We have positive evidence that certain interests have sent a man to Africa to conduct a hate campaign against us with the tribal witch doctors.

Witch doctors? Now look. Sure, it sounds fantastic, but unfortunately it's true. And you know how much influence those witch doctors have with their tribes. If they ever form into a block against us, the entire position of the United Nations in Africa will be in serious jeopardy.

And most of the vital raw materials we get from there will be cut down to a trickle. Who is this visiting fireman who's stirring up the trouble? We don't know his name, but according to our information, two British agents have caught up with him and have him in their custody.