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Steve Mitchell
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Narrator
you for donating at choiceclassicradio.com Tweeties 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 Dunleavy as Steve Mitchell.
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 this assignment is going to involve a dead correspondent, a Burmese girl, a trip through the jungle and a fallen idol. Morning, commissioner.
Chambers
Steve. Last night an American newspaper correspondent named Kent Jackson was murdered in Rangoon, Burma. Your plane leaves in an hour.
Steve Mitchell
I'm flying clear to Burma because a correspondent gets himself killed.
Chambers
Kent Jackson had been posing as a European political refugee. We think he'd been investigating some sort of political refugee racket.
Steve Mitchell
Hmm, maybe he was getting too warm.
Chambers
Looks that way. Now we have one lead, a Burmese girl named Linya who we think witnessed the killing.
Steve Mitchell
Where is this Linya?
Chambers
She disappeared.
Steve Mitchell
Oh, great.
Chambers
The first contact in Rangoon will be chambers at allegation there. He'll fill you in on the background. Get over there, Steve. Find this girl linear and solve Kent Jackson's murder. Well, that's it. You've got your assignment.
Narrator
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Steve Mitchell
Sure, this is going to be real easy. All I have to do is find a missing girl named Linya in one of the wildest countries in the world. Then get her to put the finger on a killer who'll probably be trying to do likewise to me. It's Monday when I get to Rangoon. It's raining and hot and Chambers is waiting for me at his house.
Chambers
Well, Mitchell, I was sitting right here reading the night of Jackson's murder, when suddenly I heard shots out in the garden. This girl Linya, ran in here screaming at me to save her. I ran out in the garden, got
Steve Mitchell
clipped on the head. Oh, I wondered what the bandage was for.
Chambers
When I came to, Linea was gone.
Steve Mitchell
Look, did you know this girl Linea at all? Oh, yes.
Chambers
She worked in a restaurant about half a mile from here. I used to drop in there frequently.
Steve Mitchell
I don't get the connection between Linea and Jackson's murder.
Chambers
When Lynia was shot at in my garden, one of the bullets was embedded in the side of the house. The police dug it out and compared it with the bullet that killed Jackson 15 minutes earlier. The two slugs matched.
Steve Mitchell
So Jackson's killer was after Linya too. Well, there's my tie in. All right. You know much about the deal Jackson was investigating?
Chambers
Yes. Somebody here in Burma has been receiving
Steve Mitchell
political refugees from Europe for a price.
Chambers
Then whoever it is contacts the European country involved and for more dough, delivers
Steve Mitchell
the refugees back to them. That sounds like a real sweet deal. Well, if I'm going to find this girl and you, I better start getting some leads about her. Let's see. You say she worked at a restaurant?
Chambers
Yes, a French restaurant run by Papa Valdez. You'll find it down the street about half a mile.
Steve Mitchell
Okay. I guess Papa Valder's is my next stop. Well, see you later, Chambers. I am sorry, monsieur, but I am closed for the night. I cannot serve you. I didn't come here for food. I came for information. You Poppy Val there? I'd like to talk to you about one of your waitresses. A girl named Linya. Oh, I didn't see you over there.
Dalai Singh
If you wish to talk about Linea, you talk to me.
Narrator
Really?
Steve Mitchell
Who are you? Lt. Ramat of the police.
Dalai Singh
And you?
Steve Mitchell
Steve Mitchell.
Dalai Singh
May I ask why you are interested in the girl? Linear.
Steve Mitchell
You May ask, Lieutenant. And I think these credentials of mine will answer your question.
Dalai Singh
I see. I will be happy to cooperate with you, Mr. Mitchell.
Steve Mitchell
Thank you. Now, what can you tell me about the girl, Papa Valde?
Dalai Singh
Oh, very little, monsieur.
Steve Mitchell
Linya.
Dalai Singh
She was a good waitress and a very good girl.
Steve Mitchell
Where'd she live?
Dalai Singh
In a rooming house about a half hour's walk from this place.
Steve Mitchell
Here is the address. Thank you, Lieutenant. Lyndia walked home every night, huh? That is right, monsieur. Well, then it seems logical that somewhere on her route she passed the spot of Jackson's killing and witnessed it. I have investigated that.
Dalai Singh
Linya could not possibly have arrived at the scene of the killing at the time when the killing took place. I walked off the distance myself. She could not have been closer than three blocks to it.
Steve Mitchell
Then I don't get it. Why did the killer take off after her?
Dalai Singh
It is most puzzling.
Steve Mitchell
Sure is. The only other answer is that Linya knows something that she doesn't realize. She knows. That means I've got to find her before the killer does.
Dalai Singh
Rangoon is a large city, Mitchet.
Steve Mitchell
Yeah, we're not even sure she's still in Rangoon. Well, thanks for the information, gentlemen. I think I'll go over to Linear's rooming house and see what I can find out there. Hey, wake up. Snap out of it. Come on. Prop those little lids open a minute.
Dalai Singh
The return to reality is never as good as the dream.
Steve Mitchell
I saved the philosophy. You run this rooming house?
Dalai Singh
Yes, it is.
Steve Mitchell
So you got any idea where this girl Linea could be? No.
Dalai Singh
Non at all.
Steve Mitchell
Come on, Rip Van Winkle, pull yourself up off that desk.
Dalai Singh
Yeah. What do you wish to know?
Steve Mitchell
Do you know whether Linya had any relatives in this town? Any place that she could have gone to hide?
Dalai Singh
She spoke of only one. A great uncle.
Steve Mitchell
What's his name?
Dalai Singh
Dalai Singh is a priest.
Steve Mitchell
Where could I find this Dalai Sing? Oh, Dalai Singh. Go outside and face to the west.
Dalai Singh
You will see the temple.
Steve Mitchell
Okay, thanks. Well, how long, dreamboat? I locate the native temple and go inside. The only light comes from a few scattered candles. There are life sized idols sitting up on perches along the walls. Then I spot a light coming from a room in the back of the temple. I start toward it. Suddenly there's a grating noise. I look up. One of the idols is toppling over right on top of me. I dive to one side as it falls and it hit a glancing blow on the shoulder that sends me falling on floor. There's a rustle of drapes behind the idol and running steps. By the time I pull myself up off the floor, there's no one in sight. I go into the back room. A little old man with a face like a prune is sitting there, staring straight ahead. Excuse me, I'd like to talk to you. I said I'd like to talk to you. Look, would you mind focusing your eyes on me a minute?
Dalai Singh
I must apologize. I am withdrawn. Yes, my son, what is it?
Steve Mitchell
You're Dalai Singh.
Dalai Singh
That is my name.
Steve Mitchell
And you're Linya's great uncle.
Dalai Singh
That is the earthly relationship. Yes.
Steve Mitchell
That was a pretty earthly reception you gave me a couple of minutes ago.
Dalai Singh
I do not understand.
Steve Mitchell
That idol. The one that almost fell on me.
Dalai Singh
You must pardon me. I was so immersed in meditation, I heard nothing.
Steve Mitchell
Oh, well, I guess I wasn't that immersed because it sounded awfully noisy to me.
Dalai Singh
What do you wish of me?
Steve Mitchell
I'm trying to find Linya.
Dalai Singh
For what purpose?
Steve Mitchell
I want to find out what she knows about a killing that took place a few nights ago.
Dalai Singh
Is this your true purpose, my son?
Steve Mitchell
That, and protecting her from whoever's after it.
Dalai Singh
Come closer.
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Narrator
Jack Harndale was helping his daughter Emily lift an awkward dresser up a staircase when he slipped and fell backwards. A week later, Emily asked him how he was doing.
Steve Mitchell
I'm good.
Narrator
Truth was, he wasn't good. Jack needed help. Then the darndest thing happened. Emily called Pacific Source.
Steve Mitchell
My health plan.
Narrator
Jack learned that Pacific Source provides members with support beyond healthcare. In Jack's case, we got him in touch with the local food bank.
Howie Mandel
You guys do that?
Narrator
Yes, we do, Jack. Pacific Source Health Plan.
Dalai Singh
Now gaze into my eyes.
Chambers
No.
Dalai Singh
Do not blink. Gaze steadily.
Steve Mitchell
Look. What are you trying to do, hypnotize me?
Dalai Singh
But a little longer. So there is honesty in your eyes. You have passed the first test.
Steve Mitchell
Well, that's good to know. Now, can you tell me where Linya is?
Dalai Singh
Be in front of the Shui Dagon Pagoda in one hour.
Steve Mitchell
Shwi Dagon Pagoda how do I go about finding it?
Dalai Singh
You cannot fail to see it. It looms over the entire city.
Steve Mitchell
Okay. In one hour will Linya be there?
Dalai Singh
Everything will be accomplished. Depart in peace.
Steve Mitchell
Dalai Singh was right. It isn't hard to spot the pagoda even at night. It's up on a rise overlooking the city. On the way up there, I get the feeling I'm being followed. I stop and turn around just in time to see a skinny little gent guard into the alley behind me. By the time I get to the pagoda, there's an uneasy thought packing away at my brain. This whole deal could be a trap. But there's nothing to do except to wait and find out.
Marge
Mr. Mitchell.
Steve Mitchell
My arm. Look, I don't like guys slipping up behind me.
Chambers
Please.
Steve Mitchell
Hey, you're the guy who's been following me.
Marge
Yes, but I bring you no harm.
Steve Mitchell
Who are you? What do you want?
Marge
I am Molly. You seek the girl, Linear. I can take you to her.
Steve Mitchell
Yeah? How do I know this isn't a trap? Who sent you?
Marge
The priest? Dalai Singh.
Steve Mitchell
I see. Where is Linya?
Marge
I must take you there. Come, we will walk.
Steve Mitchell
Okay, Molly, but get this. I'll have one eye on you the whole way. And if this is a trap, if anything happens, it's going to happen to you first. Come on. Look, we've been winding our way through back alleys for the last half hour.
Marge
Molly, look, here we are at Papa Place.
Steve Mitchell
Okay, you first. And don't try anything.
Marge
Come
Steve Mitchell
dark in here.
Marge
I will turn on the light. So?
Steve Mitchell
Well, I sang.
Dalai Singh
Yes, Mr. Mitchell.
Steve Mitchell
Look, what is all this? You send a guy to take me on a cook's tour of the city, then he brings me down a back alley to you again. You sure don't believe in taking any chances.
Dalai Singh
Toying with chance sometimes invites disaster.
Steve Mitchell
Okay, okay. Now, where's Linya?
Dalai Singh
Fetch the girl, Molly.
Marge
Very well, Esther.
Steve Mitchell
Well, so this is Linya. You took a lot of finding, little lady.
Dalai Singh
Let the man speak for first, my child.
Steve Mitchell
Look, Linya, the man who tried to kill you the other night is probably the same one who killed Jackson. Did you get a good look at him?
Dalai Singh
One moment, Mr. Mitchell. You accept this girl as Linea?
Steve Mitchell
Why, of course. You just got through telling me that.
Dalai Singh
No, no, I did not say she was Linea.
Steve Mitchell
Wait a minute. You mean she isn't?
Dalai Singh
You have passed the second test, Mr. Mitchell. If you had been the one who was trying to harm Linea, then you would have known this girl was not she.
Steve Mitchell
Oh, great. Look, isn't it about time the examinations were over what? Do I have to get? Straight A's?
Dalai Singh
You have proven yourself. Now I will direct you to Linya.
Steve Mitchell
Is she here in Rangoon?
Chambers
No.
Dalai Singh
You must purchase a ticket on the river boat.
Narrator
River boat?
Steve Mitchell
Yes.
Dalai Singh
It will take you up the Irrawaty River. A person will approach you on the boat. You will say to that person, the jungle is very dark. If that person replies, but soon it will be light again. That person is your friend and will lead you to Linya at the next port.
Steve Mitchell
Sounds like a pretty involved routine.
Dalai Singh
Linya has placed herself under my protection. I can do no less than my best. And now we part. I to return to the temple, you to take the trip up the river. May your journey be as safe as mine will be.
Steve Mitchell
I go down to the waterfront and buy a ticket on the riverboat. I've got an hour before it shoves off. And then I realize I don't even know whether it's going to be a man or a woman who contacts me. So I go back to the temple to ask questions. I start walking along the row of idols. The one somebody tried to push over on me is still lying on the floor. But there's no vacant spot on the wall. There's another idol sitting there, but that idol moves a little. I go closer. Then, as it crumples over and drops to the floor, I see it's not an idol after all. It's Dalai Singh with a knife in his.
Narrator
Maybe you've got the idea that I tell you all these things about Wheaties just so you'll go out and buy them. Well, that isn't it at all. I'm not worried about you. You've been eating Wheaties long enough to know how good they are. It's those neighbors of yours I'm thinking about now. Suppose you just go over there some morning and just tell them all the nice things about Wheaties. Like they're whole wheat and they're wonderful with milk and fruit, and they make you feel fine. And kids love them. And they're flaky and crisp and loaded with vitamins. And I think that'd be a mighty
Steve Mitchell
neighborly thing to do. I'll say.
Narrator
I just happen to think, what if the neighbors are listening in tonight, too? They'll probably be over here tomorrow morning to tell you about Wheaties. Well, have fun. And now back to Dangerous Assignment and Steve Mitchell.
Steve Mitchell
May your journey be as safe as mine. That's what Dalai Singh had said to me. And now here he is, dead. And that gives me a strong hint as to what my journey is going to be like. Because if Dalai Singh talked before he died. There's only going to be somebody trying to contact me aboard the boat. There'll also be somebody else trying to kill me. Well, we shove off. It's an old side wheeler. I give the passengers the once over, trying to figure out which one to use the password about the Dark Jungle on. There are a few natives. A fat guy carrying a white trench coat. A smooth looking Egyptian and a girl. The kind of a girl you'd vote is the one you'd most like to take a trip up a river with. I stand there at the rail and pretty soon she saunters over.
Marge
Hello.
Steve Mitchell
Hi.
Marge
What's your name?
Steve Mitchell
Steve. You?
Marge
Marge.
Steve Mitchell
Hi, Marge.
Marge
You got a smoke?
Steve Mitchell
Sure, sure.
Marge
Long way from home, Majesty.
Steve Mitchell
Funny, I was thinking the same about you.
Marge
No river boat or bar. That's home to me.
Steve Mitchell
Where you heading?
Marge
Up the river? Mandalay. Gonna sing in a joint up there. Oh, yeah? I guess my voice wouldn't get me into the store, Cub. But they're not so particular in Bremer.
Steve Mitchell
You've been around this neck of the woods quite a while, huh?
Marge
About three lifetimes.
Steve Mitchell
Say, that jungle is very dark, isn't it?
Marge
Hmm?
Steve Mitchell
I said that jungle is very dark.
Marge
Oh, yes. Well, I imagine it'll.
Steve Mitchell
What's the matter?
Marge
That fat gent over there with the white trench coat. Is he a friend of yours?
Steve Mitchell
No. Why?
Marge
He seems to be trying to take in every word.
Steve Mitchell
Yeah? You know him?
Marge
I've seen him around Rangoon a few times. I think his name is Lazarus.
Steve Mitchell
I see. Excuse me a minute, Mark.
Marge
Yeah, she.
Steve Mitchell
Good evening, Lazarus. Hey, just a minute.
Chambers
What do you want?
Steve Mitchell
You seem pretty interested in what I was saying to the young lady a minute ago.
Chambers
Why, I don't know what you're talking about.
Steve Mitchell
No? You were sure drinking in every word, Lazarus.
Chambers
You're mistaken. I was merely enjoying the view. Good night.
Steve Mitchell
I hope you will pardon my inclusion on your privacy. It was just that I could not avoid paying homage to such beauty.
Marge
You're a real flowery type guy, aren't you? Oh, Steve.
Steve Mitchell
Hi. Looks like you just weren't meant to be lonely, Marge, this is.
Marge
What did you say your name was, Buster?
Steve Mitchell
Camis, at your service.
Marge
Camis, meet Steve.
Steve Mitchell
I am indeed honored, Steve. I hope you will forgive my intrusion on your tte. Tate. Yeah. Egyptian, aren't you? Yes, from Cairo. What brings you here to Burma? Quite possibly the same thing that brings you here, Steve. What's that? Yes, I sense that we are two kindred Spirits, each seeking adventure. Each willing to travel around the world to find it. You're just looking for adventure, huh? Yes. You see, Steve, I am a romantic at heart. Else why would I leave my considerable estate in Cairo to travel up a Burmese river on a rickety boat?
Marge
Brother, if I had a considerable estate in Cairo or Cairo, Illinois, I wouldn't be paddling through this swamp.
Steve Mitchell
The quest for adventure often leads us to unlikely surroundings. It sure does. And now, please excuse me. Perhaps it was fated that we should meet Steve. If so, we shall meet again. Well, it'd be pretty hard to avoid meeting again on this tub. I'll see you around, commies. Good night to you both.
Marge
Get a load of him. I am a romantic at heart. Yet.
Chambers
Yeah.
Steve Mitchell
Hey, look, Marge. Just before you spotted that guy Lazarus watching us, I made a remark to you about the jungle being pretty dark.
Marge
Yeah, I remember.
Steve Mitchell
You started to say something in reply. What was it?
Marge
It'll keep, Steve.
Steve Mitchell
Oh, okay.
Marge
Well, I think I'll turn in.
Steve Mitchell
I'll see you in the morning, huh?
Marge
Yeah. Matter of fact, I'll make a point of it.
Steve Mitchell
I stand there at the rail alone, staring down into the black water of the Irrawaddy River. Wondering how many crocodiles per cubic foot. At this point, it looks like Marge is the contact who's to lead me to the girl. Linear. That leaves either the flowery Egyptian commise or the guy with a white trench coat. Lazarus as the killer of Dolly Singh. But I've got to be sure who's who before I can do anything about it. Then suddenly, there's a faint sound behind me. A hand shoved me out of the corner of my eye. I get a glimpse of a white coat as I topple over the side. There's a loose line trailing in the water. I grab at it as I hit. Almost jerked my arm out of the socket. But hang on. Got no desire to be a crocodile bait. And finally I pull myself back on board. There's no one in sight. But I know the white coat I spotted belongs to one Mr. Lazarus. The next morning we dock at a river port. Lazarus is the first one ashore. I follow him to a little shop.
Marge
Oh, yes sir. May I say you some nice tank.
Steve Mitchell
Where's the guy who just came in here?
Marge
But I do not know what you're talking about.
Steve Mitchell
Wait a minute. That door over there. Where does it lead?
Marge
Oh, just to the back room. But I have. Nice chick. What's up?
Steve Mitchell
Where are you going?
Marge
No, wait.
Steve Mitchell
Hello, Lazarus.
Chambers
Good morning, Mr. Mitchell. Come in, please. Quickly. We have no Time to lose.
Steve Mitchell
Look, what's this all about, Lazarus?
Chambers
I did not have a chance to contact you aboard the boat, Mitchell. You were never alone. So I reasoned that if I left the boat in a hurry, you would follow me. You did.
Steve Mitchell
You. You trying to tell me that you're my contact?
Chambers
I am delight seeing is a friend of mine.
Steve Mitchell
Don't give me that. You tried to shove me overboard last night. I spotted your white trench coat.
Chambers
That coat was stolen from my stateroom.
Steve Mitchell
All right, try this. The jungle is very dark, but soon
Chambers
it'll be lighting aid. And as further proof of my identity. Linya.
Steve Mitchell
What?
Marge
Yes, Mr. Lazarus.
Chambers
Hey, you may join us now, child. So.
Steve Mitchell
So this is Linya. You've been hiding in the back of the shop ever since you left Rangoon, huh?
Marge
Yes. My great uncle, Dalai Singh said he would send help to me. How is he?
Steve Mitchell
I'm sorry, Linya, but he's dead.
Chambers
What's that? My one friend gone.
Steve Mitchell
I think the same person who's after you killed him. And an American newspaper man named Jackson. When you. Now you've got to tell me who that person is.
Marge
I. Oh, but I know nothing, Mr. Mitchell. I do not know why someone is trying to kill me.
Steve Mitchell
You worked at Papa Valdar's restaurant in Rangoon?
Marge
Yes.
Steve Mitchell
Every night you leave right at 8 and start walking home. Now, the night of the killing, you must have seen something on the way home.
Marge
No, I saw nothing.
Steve Mitchell
Then you heard something. Shots, for instance.
Marge
No.
Chambers
Mitchell, do you suppose the killer mistook Linya for another girl?
Steve Mitchell
I don't know. Look, I'm going to try once more. Lynn, you now try to remember.
Marge
Yes.
Steve Mitchell
On the night of the killing, you left Papa Valdez at 8 o' clock as usual. Right. Now, 15 minutes later, you were within four blocks of the scene of the killing. That's about half a mile from Papa Valdez restaurant.
Marge
No, I did not get that far.
Steve Mitchell
What?
Marge
I realized I had forgotten to take some food that Papa Valder had given me. So I went back to the restaurant to get it.
Chambers
But Michel, that means Lenya could not possibly have witnessed the killing. It must be a case of mistaken identity.
Steve Mitchell
Just a minute, Lazarus. Keep on, Linya.
Marge
Well, I opened the door. Then I saw someone inside the restaurant.
Steve Mitchell
Who was it?
Marge
I do not know. I had never seen this person before. I guess she means Miki. That is the one. Hold it. Nice and steady, all of you. Well, Steve, you were concentrating so hard on following Lazarus when he left the boat, you made it pretty easy for me to follow you. Thanks for leading me To Linear.
Steve Mitchell
Yeah, congratulations to me, chump of the world.
Marge
Oh, now, Buster, let's not cry in our beer. Oh my, such long faces. It looks like little Marge will have to cheer you up.
Steve Mitchell
Well, what are you going to do? Tell a joke or something?
Marge
You know, I might at that. Because I've got a real funny one stored up for you kids. It'll kill you.
Narrator
No kidding. It actually may cost you money not to eat breakfast. Honest. Look, you skip breakfast, so comes lunch, and you gotta eat like a horse to catch up. And that's tough on the budget. So here's the deal. Start breakfast with a nice bowl of crisp whole wheat Wheaties with milk and some fruit. Maybe they'll be just about wearing off at noon and you'll be all set for a nice reasonable lunch. And you know, with those Wheaties in there, you'll feel as good as money in the bank all morning long. Now here is the conclusion of dangerous assignment.
Chambers
What are you going to do to it?
Marge
Are you kidding?
Chambers
You mean you're going to kill us? Just because Lyna happened to see you in a restaurant?
Marge
That's the general idea, lazy old boy.
Steve Mitchell
Well, why don't you get it over with, Marge?
Marge
In a minute, buster.
Steve Mitchell
You called? You can call me Steve. And what are you waiting for, my little helper?
Marge
I don't want any slip up.
Steve Mitchell
Helper? Then you're not in this deal alone?
Marge
No, he's tying up that shopkeeper out in front. Oh, here he is now. Papa Val. There.
Narrator
Good evening, Linear.
Steve Mitchell
You have been most difficult to find. Well, I begin to get it. You and Papa Valde were running the political refugee racket together. March. You killed the correspondent Jackson, then went back to report the Val there. But just then Linya stuck her head in the door. You two didn't want to be seen together, so you took off after Linya. Come, my dear. Let us attend to the business at
Marge
hand without further delay. Okay, Pop.
Chambers
Wait. You must spare my life, I beg of you.
Marge
Oh, save it, hero.
Chambers
But I was only trying to do a favor for a friend. I had nothing to do with it.
Marge
You sure want nice brave guys to work with.
Chambers
Please don't kill me. I'll do anything to say. Please, I beg of you.
Marge
Get up off your knees. Take it like a big boy. Lazarus.
Steve Mitchell
Suddenly I realize what Lazarus is up to. He's squealing for mercy like a stuck. But all the while he's inching slowly forward on his knees towards Marge's gun.
Marge
I said get up.
Chambers
Very well.
Marge
Let go of that gun, Valder.
Steve Mitchell
Is behind Marge. He whips out his gun, jumps to one side, but I meet him halfway. Plug hits the wall, and Val there hits the floor.
Chambers
Marge gives Lazarus a foot in the
Steve Mitchell
face and swings her gun free, but a second too late.
Marge
Let go of my wrist.
Steve Mitchell
Drop the gun or I'll break your arm.
Marge
Oh, yeah.
Steve Mitchell
Thanks. I'll take it now. You okay? Lazarus quite looks like he's a little bigger hero than you gave him credit for, Marge.
Marge
Okay, okay. So things didn't turn out quite like I'd figured. No hard feelings, Steve?
Narrator
Oh, no.
Steve Mitchell
No hard feelings. You kill a newspaper man and a priest. To say nothing of a few political refugees here and there along the line. But no hard feelings.
Marge
Well, you've got a right to your theories. Can I go now?
Steve Mitchell
You are kidding.
Marge
Look, buster, you've got no proof of any of this. There weren't any witnesses to either of those killings. And if you think you're going to get any kind of confession out of me.
Steve Mitchell
I've got your gun, Marge. And that's just as good as a confession.
Marge
What are you talking about?
Steve Mitchell
The police back in Rangoon have the slug that killed Jackson. Five will get you. Tenant matches these and your gun.
Marge
Wait a minute.
Steve Mitchell
Yeah. Even in Burma they've got ballistics. And I bet that's one word you'll wish had never been invented. But no hard feelings, Marge. I mean, Buster. Come on.
Narrator
Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Dunleavy as Steve Mitchell, is written by Bob Wright with music by Basil Adlam and is produced and directed by Bill Karn. Join us again next Wednesday when Brian Dunleavy as Steve Mitchell embarks on another dangerous assignment. And this is your Wheaties man, Frank Martin, inviting you to listen next Monday night to Frank Lovejoy in Nightbeat on the Wheaties Big Parade. See you then. Going to bake a pie sometime soon. Make it with crust quick. The Betty Crocker Pie Crust Mix. You know, it's a tender, flaky crust that's at the bottom of every delicious pie. Sure as you use crust quick and so easy.
Marge
Just add water to crust quick.
Steve Mitchell
Mmm. And what?
Narrator
Pie crust, Tender crust, tasty crust, Rich, short, lovely crust. Just like Betty Crocker makes. And you can make it.
Marge
Just add water to Crestquick.
Narrator
Crest quick. The Betty Crocker Pie Crust Mix. Tomorrow, perry como sings at the supper club on NBC.
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Episode Date: March 25, 2026
Original Air Date: May 24, 1950
Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell
“Dangerous Assignment: Burmese Witnesses” delivers a classic Golden Age radio detective story, with Steve Mitchell, a persistent US government agent, tracking a fugitive witness through 1950s Burma (now Myanmar). Sent to solve a correspondent’s murder and unravel a political refugee racket, Mitchell navigates jungle intrigue, false identities, clever misdirection, and a pair of devious killers. This suspenseful episode features deception, double-crosses, and thrilling action right up to its nail-biting conclusion.
On the Difficulty of the Assignment:
"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." – Steve Mitchell (01:27)
Mystical Vetting:
"Now gaze into my eyes. Do not blink. Gaze steadily... You have passed the first test." – Dalai Singh (11:12–11:22)
Password Suspense:
"The jungle is very dark. If that person replies, but soon it will be light again. That person is your friend." – Dalai Singh (14:36)
Villain's Sarcasm:
"Because I've got a real funny one stored up for you kids. It'll kill you." – Marge (25:00)
Justice Served:
"Even in Burma they've got ballistics... And I bet that's one word you'll wish had never been invented. But no hard feelings, Marge. I mean, Buster." – Steve Mitchell (28:21–28:28)
The episode maintains taut, suspenseful narration with pithy hard-boiled dialogue, atmospheric jungle and city sequences, and unfolding paranoia. Mitchell’s wry, often sardonic voice holds the story together as he navigates betrayals and danger at every turn.
“Burmese Witnesses” is a quintessential Detective Radio episode: full of clever reversals, colorful locales, and a tense chase ending in the capture of a pair of international criminals. If you love classic radio suspense, layered plots, and witty banter, this episode is a standout example from the Golden Age.
For more classic detective cases, tune in to the next episode of Choice Classic Radio Detectives!