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Dangerous Assignment: Guided Missile Plans
Dangerous Assignment · August 30, 1950 · 29 min · 5,002 words
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Weedy's presents Dangerous Assignment. On stage tonight from Hollywood, Dangerous Assignment, another in the Weedy's big parade of exciting half-hour presentations. Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell. Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce, but they all spell the same thing, trouble.
But when I walk into the commissioner's office, I don't realize that this assignment is going to involve an innocent little picture postcard that almost turns out to be my death warrant. Morning, Commissioner. Ruth said you had something to me.
I do. Here it is, Steve. A plane ticket. Oh, no. Not again so soon. How soon can you get back? Look, the way you've had me hopping around the world lately, I don't even have anything left to pack.
I've got a dirty shirt and practically every city in the world. You're flying to Dublin, Ireland. Oh, fine, I don't even have a necktie there, but quite Dublin. You'll be looking for an object about the size of a walnut.
I'm flying to Ireland to look for nuts. Look, I can find plenty of them right here at home. This is the size of a walnut. It's a whole lot more valuable. A role of microfilms, Steve.
Containing the complete plans of our latest and most improved guided missiles. Oh, stolen, huh? Yes, and we think we know who smuggled them out of the country. The man named Ernest Weber. If so, he's got a two-day start on you.
He left by plane the day before yesterday. is this picture and all the data we have on it. It isn't much Steve, but we're depending on you to get that micro film. Well, that's it. You've got your assignment. Good luck.
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