Dangerous Assignment: Relief Supplies 07/09/1949

Summary

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Podcast Summary – Dangerous Assignment: “Relief Supplies” (Original Airdate: 07/09/1949)

Podcast: Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
Episode: Dangerous Assignment – “Relief Supplies”
Date Published: October 22, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this classic old-time radio detective drama, intrepid agent Steve Mitchell is dispatched to Sicily to investigate the mysterious theft of relief shipments sent by the Throp Foundation. Posing as a foreign correspondent, Mitchell must unravel a web of deception, face notorious bandits, and navigate the treacherous politics of postwar Sicily to ensure that vital food and medical aid reaches a starving population.

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Key Discussion & Plot Points

1. The Assignment Begins (00:00–05:24)

• Setting the Stage: Steve is enjoying a boat outing when he is urgently summoned by his superior, the Commissioner, to take on a new assignment. There’s humor and mild flirtation with Eloise, highlighting Steve’s reluctant transition from leisure to duty.
• The Mission: Relief shipments sent to Sicily by the Throp Foundation have been stolen from a Messina warehouse. Previous investigators met grim fates—one missing, one murdered. Steve is to pose as a journalist, but his real task is to locate the thieves and ensure supplies get through.

“Their last three shipments to Sicily have been stolen... As usual, you’ll pose as a foreign correspondent.”
—Commissioner (03:47)

• Risks Noted: A notorious local bandit, Lorenzo, may be involved, adding danger to the mission.

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2. First Steps in Sicily (05:38–11:04)

• Arriving in Messina: Steve encounters confusion at the airport with Helen Collier of the Foundation, setting up a case of mistaken identity. She reveals internal issues: a colleague, Paul Wainwright, was recently fired.
• Meeting with Archer: Steve attempts to secure an “off the record” statement from Archer, the local head of the Foundation, who fears news of the robberies will dry up American donations.

“The stolen shipments are news, Mr. Archer, and news is my job.”
—Steve Mitchell (09:10)

• Hints of Intrigue: Archer is evasive about Wainwright’s firing, and suspicions surface. Bandit Lorenzo’s reign of terror is discussed but dismissed by Archer as a convenient scapegoat.

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3. Into the Local Underworld (11:04–16:14)

• Donati’s Bar: Steve connects with Emilio Donati—a potential ally—and learns about Carlotta, a waitress linked to both Donati and Lorenzo.
• A Meeting Gone Wrong: Donati agrees to arrange a meeting with Wainwright, but the rendezvous ends violently. Wainwright is killed before he can talk, proving the stakes are high.

“You must realize there’s real danger here for you. They know you are not a correspondent.”
—Emilio Donati (14:40)

• A Guide with Ulterior Motives: Donati assigns Casella to guide Steve to the mountains. Casella is revealed as one of Lorenzo’s men, and Steve is captured after an ambush.

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4. Confronting Lorenzo (17:38–24:19)

• Lorenzo’s Camp: Steve meets the philosophical bandit leader, Lorenzo, who claims he “robs the rich to give to the poor,” but admits to being fundamentally self-serving.
• Carlotta’s Role: Carlotta, feeling spurned by Lorenzo, reveals the location of the stolen relief shipments in a cave on the other side of the mountain.

“What if I were to tell the American… On the other side of the mountain is a cave. Lorenzo has hidden the relief shipments there.”
—Carlotta (23:20)

• A Deadly Turn: Lorenzo decides appearances demand a fight to the death—a knife duel constrained by a scarf between their teeth. Steve subdues Lorenzo with a judo move, escaping death.

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5. Resolution and Unmasking the True Culprit (24:19–28:15)

• Escape and Pursuit: Steve links back up with Donati. They follow Lorenzo, suspecting he has further business in Messina beyond revenge.
• The Real Villain Revealed: In a confrontation at the Foundation office, it's revealed that Archer, the Foundation’s local head, was the mastermind behind the thefts, using Lorenzo as a scapegoat. The two argue and fight, but Steve ensures they’re both apprehended.

“So you two did work it together, huh?”
—Steve Mitchell (27:16)

• Final Justice: With the real criminals exposed, Steve prepares to return home, hungry for some long-promised fried chicken (and a little romance).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Steve’s Dry Wit on Danger:
  “Yep. Looks like I got a real honey this time.” (05:14)

• Lorenzo’s Sense of Identity:
  “I am one of the most brilliant men I have ever met.” (18:53)

• Carlotta’s Betrayal:
  “The beast. I lie for him. I steal for him... What if I were to tell the American...” (21:54 onward)

• Knife Duel with a Twist:
  “Do not hold the knife that way. Use the underhand grip. Do you know nothing at all about knife fighting?” —Lorenzo (24:05)

• Steve’s Closing Sardonicism:
  “Well, someone back there is keeping some fried chicken on ice for me.” (28:32)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:00–05:00: Assignment briefing, nature of the mission, and risks
• 06:38–09:45: Foundation office interview with Archer
• 11:04–14:44: Backroom intrigue at Donati’s, meeting with Donati
• 15:09–16:23: Mountain trek and Steve’s capture
• 18:01–23:49: Conversation with Lorenzo and Carlotta’s double-cross
• 24:00–24:30: Knife fight scene
• 25:20–28:15: Unmasking Archer as the inside man
• 28:32–End: Steve’s humorous return home

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Tone & Style

• Original Language & Mood:
  The dialogue is brisk, witty, and laced with classic noir sensibilities—cynical but edged with humor. Characters are colorful: the world-weary American agent, the sultry and vengeful Carlotta, the egotistical but intelligent Lorenzo, and the duplicitous Archer.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode delivers a classic postwar detective tale brimming with danger, sly banter, and a tight, twisting plot. Steve Mitchell’s pursuit of the truth in Sicily’s treacherous hills is both a personal test and a race against time to prevent hunger and chaos. Through quick thinking (and a little luck), Mitchell exposes that the villainy lay not with the infamous bandit, but within the very organization meant to save lives. Along the way, listeners are treated to colorful characters, double-crosses, and a taste of old-time radio adventure.

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Transcript

[Steve Mitchell]

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[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Subscribe to us on YouTube and thank you for [e-mail] Baghdad, Martinique, Singapore, and all the places of the world where danger and intrigue walk hand in hand. There you will find Steve Mitchell on another dangerous Assignment. The National Broadcasting Company presents the first in an exciting new adventure series Dangerous Assignment. Starring Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Steve, you're gonna run this pretty little boat right onto the rocks if you don't put your hands on the wheel.

[Steve Mitchell]

Automatic pilot W5WRS calling W2B.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I should have known you'd have one.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Of those on your boat.

[Steve Mitchell]

So help me. First time in my life I've ever used it. Evelyn.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Eloise.

[Steve Mitchell]

Hello? Sure, sure.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

W5WRS calling W2BYR. Steve, why don't you turn that radio off?

[Steve Mitchell]

I never should have turned it on.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

What's all that W stuff? Who's that silly woman trying to get anyway? W5W R S calling W2BYR.

[Steve Mitchell]

That's the ship to shore operator, brother.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

You know them all.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

What does she want with you?

[Steve Mitchell]

I am afraid I know. Well, guess I better answer before they send the Coast Guard. W5WRS from W2BYR. Go ahead, standby.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

W2BYR. I have a call for you.

[Steve Mitchell]

Go ahead.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

This is Ruth, Steve. The commissioner wants to see you right away.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Over.

[Steve Mitchell]

Now, look, Ruth, I said only call me in an emergency. Over.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

The commissioner says this is an emergency.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Over.

[Steve Mitchell]

But I'm in the middle of a big deal, Ruth. I'm tied up. Over.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Just a minute, Steve.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

He says untire and get into the office.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

What?

[Steve Mitchell]

Tell him. Oh, okay, I'll come back out.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Eloise, I'm afraid and for this I broke another day.

[Steve Mitchell]

Now look, Eloise, I'm sorry.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

So what do I do? I go out and buy a new sun suit.

[Steve Mitchell]

It's a very nice sunsuit.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I even fry some chicken. For the first time in my life, I fry some chicken.

[Steve Mitchell]

But this probably won't take long.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

What am I supposed to do in the meantime? And what am I gonna do with all that fried chicken?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, keep it on ice for me, huh? Hello, Commissioner.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Steve. I trust you concluded your big deal satisfactorily. Well, I. Steve, ever hear of the Throp Foundation?

[Steve Mitchell]

Prop. Foundation?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Sure.

[Steve Mitchell]

That's the private charity that's been sending a lot of relief shipments to Europe.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Right. They've done quite a job over there. Tons of food and medical supplies.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, that's the outfit? What about them?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Their last three shipments to Sicily have been stolen.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, you mean off the boat?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

No, from the Foundation's warehouse in Messina, Sicily.

[Steve Mitchell]

I see.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

We've been instructed to get to the bottom of it. As usual, you'll pose as a foreign correspondent. Ruth has your credentials in order?

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

On the surface, your assignment will be to write a story about the stolen shipments. Actually, I want you to find out who's been stealing those shipments. And to be frank, Steve, I'm sending you into a pretty nasty situation over there.

[Steve Mitchell]

What do you mean?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

The TRAPP foundation has had two men working on this case. One of them has been missing for two weeks.

[Steve Mitchell]

What about the other one?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Well, they found him all right. His throat had been cut.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, that's reassuring.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

We're sending you because we think you can take care of yourself and handle the danger.

[Steve Mitchell]

When do you want me to leave?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Good. As soon as possible. Now, if you need help or information, once you get to Sicily, contact Emilio Genarti and Messina.

[Steve Mitchell]

Who's Emilio Donati?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

He runs a bar, Messina. We think he's our friend of ours.

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

There's just one more thing I should warn you about, Steve.

[Steve Mitchell]

You know, you're making this assignment sound real attractive, Commissioner. What is it?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I guess you've heard of the Sicilian bandit they call Lorenzo.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, who hasn't? He's got the whole countryside terrorized.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Steve, I don't know whether he has anything to do with all this or not. But if he has. Now, watch yourself.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yep. Looks like I got a real honey this time.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You did. But it's vital to us that those relief shipments get through. Trouble usually starts from empty stomachs.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

That's all you've got your assignment, Steve. Your plane leaves in two hours. Good luck.

[Steve Mitchell]

Eduardo.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

This is Dino speaking. The American just landed sea. Report it to the chief at once. You want a taxi, senor?

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah. Hey, look, driver. You know your way around Messina pretty well, huh?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I live here most of my life, senor. At the age of three, I was abroad here from Palermo. So I know every house, every street.

[Steve Mitchell]

Every building, every bar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so you know your city. Now take me to the Throp foundation warehouse. Again. Throp foundation warehouse. You know where it is?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Throp?

[Steve Mitchell]

No, no. Throp. It's a. Ah, well, never mind. Just take me to the Rienzi Hotel. I'm sure you must have heard of that.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I'm gonna put your baggage in a car, senor. Hello.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Sorry I'm late.

[Steve Mitchell]

You're not late. You're Just in time.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I heard you inquiring for the Throp Foundation. So you must be Ralph Gillette. I'm Helen Collier. I was supposed to meet you here at the airport and I.

[Steve Mitchell]

Look, I'm afraid there's been a mistake. My name's not Gillette. It's Mitchell. Steve Mitchell.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Oh. Oh, I. I thought you were the one I was supposed to meet. I'm sorry.

[Steve Mitchell]

Believe me, I'm sorry too. Couldn't we just pretend I was?

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I'm afraid Mr. Archer wouldn't understand already.

[Steve Mitchell]

I don't like Mr. Archer. Don't even know him. Who is he?

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

My boss. He's in charge of the Foundation's office here in Messina.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, wait a minute. Do you work for the frapp foundation?

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Mm. Mr. Archer's been expecting a new man to fly down from Rome. Mr. Gillette, I thought you were he.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh. I wonder if you'd tell me where the foundation office is. I'm a foreign correspondent and I'd like an interview with your boss.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Oh, well, I could go with you and show you where it is because it doesn't look like Mr. Gillette is on the plane anyway.

[Steve Mitchell]

Fine. I have a cab over here.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

You say you're a foreign correspondent. I suppose you want to do a story on the stolen relief shipments.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yep.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Well, good luck. Mr. Archer doesn't want any publicity about it would have an adverse effect on donations from the States.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, well, here we are. Pardon us, gentlemen.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

If the war. They're out of the man's way. Of course. Your pardon, senor.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, I'll see if I can get some kind of a statement from him. Are there just the two of you in the Messina office?

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Yes, right now, there were three of us. Paul Wainwright was the third, but he. Well, he got fired a few days.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Ago at the Hotel Rienzi.

[Steve Mitchell]

No, no.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Prop.

[Steve Mitchell]

Foundation.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Tropa.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Tropa. Via Delgada.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Oh, si, signorina.

[Steve Mitchell]

Hey, you must have the magic touch. This Paul Wainwright, he was fired by Mr. Archer?

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Yes, three days ago, senor.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You ready?

[Steve Mitchell]

Huh?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See? Did you hear what the senorino told the driver? Si. Eduardo Valla del Garda. That is the address of the Frog Foundation.

[Steve Mitchell]

I will report it.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You follow the American. Mr. Mitchell, you must understand my position. It's not that I don't want to cooperate with you and your press association, but at the same.

[Steve Mitchell]

The stolen shipments are news, Mr. Archer, and news is my job.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Well, I know all that, but just stop and think what's going to happen if the news spreads around back in the States. Our Donations would probably stop coming in. We think it's vital that these shipments continue.

[Steve Mitchell]

I see. Well, in that case, could you give me an off the record statement about it?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I might, if I were sure it would be treated as such.

[Steve Mitchell]

I'll make a deal with you. We won't break the story unless or until the thieves are rounded up. Well, all right.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I guess that's fair enough.

[Steve Mitchell]

There have been three shipments stolen, right?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Yes, from our warehouse. It's right downstairs.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yes, I noticed it as I came up. Did you have anyone guarding the shipments?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Of course. We kept doubling the guard, but each time they were overpowered.

[Steve Mitchell]

Sounds like the thieves have a pretty large outfit.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Yes, apparently they do.

[Steve Mitchell]

I suppose you've heard of the bandit they call Lorenzo?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Certainly. Everybody in Sicily's heard of him. He's got the whole country terrorized.

[Steve Mitchell]

He's supposed to have a hideout up in the mountains.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I know what you're thinking, Mr. Mitchell. That Lorenzo's men could have stolen the shipments. I thought of that right away myself.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, it's possible, isn't it?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Yes, it's possible. Personally, I don't think Lorenzo had anything to do with it. With Lorenzo's reputation what it is, it would be relatively easy for someone else to make it look it as if Lorenzo had done it.

[Steve Mitchell]

That's an interesting thought. Incidentally, you fired one of your men a few days ago, didn't you? Paul Wainwright?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

That is something that I'd rather not discuss.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, of course.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I don't want to persecute the man just because some of his actions appeared vaguely suspicious to me. I. I have no proof of anything at all.

[Steve Mitchell]

I see. Well, thanks for the information. I'll see you.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

You wish a table, senor?

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, yeah, please.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Right here.

[Steve Mitchell]

Thanks.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I am Carlotta. What will you have?

[Steve Mitchell]

Beer.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

But it is after dark. It's time to drink wine.

[Steve Mitchell]

Emily Post may not like it, but I still want beer.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Anything you wish. I would bring it.

[Steve Mitchell]

Look, is the boss in? Carlotta.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Emilio Dumati. See, he's here. Why?

[Steve Mitchell]

I like the scenery. I might set up a charge account. Where is he?

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

The fat one over at the bar. I will tell him to come over.

[Steve Mitchell]

No, never mind. I'll go over there.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I'm coming.

[Steve Mitchell]

Emilio Donati.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

So I'm a caller, signor.

[Steve Mitchell]

I told a friend of mine in the States I'd say hello to you.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

So I know many people in the States.

[Steve Mitchell]

I'm pretty sure you'll know my friend, the Commissioner.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Commissioner?

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah. I think you're expecting me. I'm Steve Mitchell, a Name can be.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Used by anyone, senor.

[Steve Mitchell]

Here. You recognize the handwriting? Ah.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See? You are Stephen Mitchell.

[Steve Mitchell]

Mm.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Well, how can I help?

[Steve Mitchell]

I'm working on the theft of the relief shipments.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Yeah, I thought that would be it. That's a very bad thing, Steve. There are so many people hungry here in Sicily.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah. Look, a fellow named Paul Wainwright was fired from the Throp Foundation a few days ago. And Archer acts like he thinks Wayne Wright's involved in the theft.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Paul Wayne Wright. I know who he is.

[Steve Mitchell]

I'd like to talk to him. Can you arrange it?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See, in an hour or two, I will send the words for him to come to the back room of my.

[Steve Mitchell]

Bar off the alley.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

We can talk to him there.

[Steve Mitchell]

Quarter after eleven. Plane ride ought to be showing up pretty soon, hadn't he?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See, he should have been here by now.

[Steve Mitchell]

Steve, there's another lead I want to run down, too. Emilio, do you have any idea where the bandit Lorenzo's headquarters are?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

We see in the mountains to the west over here.

[Steve Mitchell]

Think you could furnish me a guide? A guide? Yeah, just to get me into the general area. After that, I'll go it alone and do a little reconnoitering undercover.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Steve, you must not try a thing like that.

[Steve Mitchell]

Look, it's the quickest way of proving whether Lorenzo's involved in these thefts or not. If he is, he's probably got a lot of the supplies hidden away in those mountains.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

His men would capture you. He has lookouts all over the mountains. Just last month, an entire division went up there.

[Steve Mitchell]

Sure, sure. That's the point. There were so many. Lorenzo's men spotted them easy. But one man alone in the brush could be hard to find.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

My, Steve, Lorenzo has a small army of cutthroats up there. They are fanatically loyal to him.

[Steve Mitchell]

Can you get me a guide?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

The danger. You must have realized the danger.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, yeah. Lorenzo isn't stupid enough to kill an American correspondent. Aha.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

That must be Paul Wainwright. Oh, come in, Senor Wainwright. No, thanks.

[Steve Mitchell]

Look, Donati.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

And you, too, whatever your name is. There's a waste of time. We've got nothing to talk about. Wainwright.

[Steve Mitchell]

Light's in the back. Emilio, get out of the light.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Get down.

[Steve Mitchell]

Someone's running down the alley.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Don't follow him, Steve. It may be a trap. There may be others waiting in the dark.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, I guess you're right, Wainwright.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See, he's a dead Steve. Now, perhaps you realize that there's a real danger here for you. They know you are not a correspondent. Do you still wish A guide.

[Steve Mitchell]

I'll be waiting in room 23, Rienze Hotel.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

All right, I will send a man over. Senor Mitchell?

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah. Who are you?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Casella.

[Steve Mitchell]

Casella? That's supposed to mean something to me?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Emilio Donati sent me to you.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Oh.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, you're the guide?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Si, signor. I am to conduct you to the mountain where Lorenzo and his band are hiding.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, Emilio didn't lose any time, did he?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

It was thought best to travel at night so that we may be in the mountains before the sun comes up.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, I guess that would be best.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

We will drive to the Furde Mountains by car. Then we'll use horses on the trails. It is all arranged.

[Steve Mitchell]

Good. When do you want to start?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

As soon as possible.

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay, let's go. Hey, pretty narrow trail up here, Casella.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I see, signor.

[Steve Mitchell]

About time for sunrise, isn't it?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

But a few more minutes and it will be light.

[Steve Mitchell]

You say you think Lorenzo's hiding out somewhere on that mountain up there ahead of us.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See? That is what I have heard.

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay, let's stop here a minute. I'll go it alone from here. Casella, there's no point in your going any farther. Thanks very much.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Si, signor.

[Steve Mitchell]

You're right.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

There is no point in going any farther. Put your hands in front of you.

[Steve Mitchell]

What?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Do as I say, signor. I am going to tie your hands.

[Steve Mitchell]

Look, what is this anyway? Hey, wait a minute. You're one of Lorenzo's men.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

So true, signor. It will do you no good to resist. Do not try to escape. There's a man blocking your trail. See? He has a gun.

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay, I'll try it through you.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Stop.

[Steve Mitchell]

Come on. Stop. I'm coming through.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Eduardo, quick.

[Steve Mitchell]

Come on.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Help me. Eduardo.

[Steve Mitchell]

Help.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Okay, Costello.

[Steve Mitchell]

That's for the double cross. Bob.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Senor, I am a gun. I said stop.

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay, looks like you win. Good.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Now I tell you, hold your hands up.

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay, here's one of.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

The gun. This way. So, Senor Mitchell, are you all right? See, I. I think so. Except my nose. It is bleeding full. You deserve it. Come, we'll take the American to Lorenzo. He's coming to Eduardo for tell Lorenzo. See?

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, Casella.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See. Casella. This is for the bloody nose you gave me, signor.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, thanks. Looks like I got taken for the well known ride. I thought Emilio Donato was a friend.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Sometimes it is difficult to know who your friends are.

[Steve Mitchell]

You're so right.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Here is Lorenzo now. Well, Senor Mitchell, you're feeling better now, huh?

[Steve Mitchell]

Not much.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Welcome to my camp.

[Steve Mitchell]

Thanks. So you're Lorenzo.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See, I have that honor.

[Steve Mitchell]

Honor?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Of course.

[Steve Mitchell]

Where are we?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Walk with me and I will show you. As you see, you're on top of a mountain. This is my headquarters.

[Steve Mitchell]

Hey, you can see a hundred miles from here.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

See, this is why I choose this place.

[Steve Mitchell]

But where are the guards?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Guards? You are not my prisoner. You are my guest. But see below us. My men are camped there. Is it not a reassuring sight?

[Steve Mitchell]

Hey, it looks like a small army.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

120 patriots.

[Steve Mitchell]

Patriots, you call them.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Of course, they serve. Lorenzo.

[Steve Mitchell]

Got a pretty good opinion of yourself, huh?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I am one of the most brilliant men I have ever met.

[Steve Mitchell]

Really? You know, you don't talk like you've spent your whole life in these mountains.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Oh, I have, as you say, been around. I attended a university in Italy for two years.

[Steve Mitchell]

Came back to this. How come?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

A sense of duty, senor. I rob the rich and give to the poor.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, that sounds pretty, Lorenzo. But are you sure it's not just because you're a thief at heart?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You are shrewd, senor. Well, why not? From my experience in the world, I have learned that one must look out for oneself. Consider the recent war. Nobody want it. Consider the peace again. Nobody wins it. Everyone quarrels and fights. Now, is it not much more clever to take what one wants? To be concerned only with oneself?

[Steve Mitchell]

You know, your kind of thinking isn't helping things any.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Perhaps not, but it is profitable. To me, senor, this conversation is pleasant. But I still do not understand why you were so anxious to spy on my camp.

[Steve Mitchell]

No? You ever hear of the Thrapp Foundation?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

No. What is it, senor?

[Steve Mitchell]

A relief outfit that's been shipping food and medical supplies here to Sicily. Huh?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Does this concern me?

[Steve Mitchell]

That's what I'm wondering. At least three shipments have been stolen from a warehouse in Messina.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

And of course, you think that I stole them.

[Steve Mitchell]

It's a pretty good bet.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Well, I am sorry to disappoint you, senor, but as you see, there are no supplies here. Look around you. I have nothing to hide.

[Steve Mitchell]

No?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

It is my fate, senor. Whenever a crime is committed in Sicily, I am immediately accused. I suppose I should feel flattered. It has often occurred to me that the police must find me very convenient.

[Steve Mitchell]

How so?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

It would be most embarrassing for them if I were captured. Then they would have no one to blame for all their unsolved crimes. Well, I'm sorry you made this trip for nothing, senor.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, if you've got nothing to hide, how come you went to so much trouble to capture me?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I was told you wanted to see Lorenzo, so I thought I would make it easy. You were very rough with my men, senor. But no matter. We will be friends. And you will go back to America and tell everyone what a gracious host is. Lorenzo.

[Steve Mitchell]

You want a press agent, huh? Hey, wait a minute, huh? That girl coming up the trail, she looks awfully familiar.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Oh, her name is Carlotta.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, yeah. Now I recognize her. She works at Emilio Donati's bar. See, everything starting to add up.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I am afraid Carlotta is not very happy with me at present.

[Steve Mitchell]

No.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

She has been very useful to me in the past. But she is so possessive. She is very upset to learn that there had been another woman here. There, you see how she sulks? I believe she thinks that she is punishing me. Ah, Carlotta, my dear.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Speak to me, Lorenzo. Do not speak to me.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You climbed uphill to tell me that.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I am true with you. You have not been true to me.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You are not very flattering, my dear. Of course I have not been true to you. That would be to deprive others good for nothing. You. I think I'd better leave you here to take out your temper on the American. I have other affairs to look after.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

The beast. I lie for him. I steal for him.

[Steve Mitchell]

Maybe you ought to pick your friends a little more carefully. So you're the one that put the bee on me at Donati's, huh? You had Lorenzo send that phony guide to my room, treat me this way.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

After all I do for him. Oh, the beast. I do not think you would treat me that way, huh? I think if you were my friend, you would treat me nice. Now, look, would you like to be Carlotta's friend?

[Steve Mitchell]

It's okay with me if you're trying to make Lorenzo jealous, but use somebody else.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Kiss me.

[Steve Mitchell]

They cut it out.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Come on, kiss me.

[Steve Mitchell]

Hey.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

You like it?

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, under other circumstances, maybe right now.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

No, you should not have done that. Carlotta.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Lorenzo, perhaps that will show you you cannot treat me as you have. If you do not want me, there are others who do.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You are such a child, Carlotta. I am afraid this presents a problem.

[Steve Mitchell]

Look, there's no problem. I've got no interest in Carlotta, believe me.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Oh, I'm aware of that. But some of my men there below may have seen her kiss you, senor. And that is the problem. I must not allow anything to shake their confidence in me. The appearance is everything. No, it is not Carlotta I am thinking about. She is nothing.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Oh, dog that you should talk about me like that. What if I were to tell the American about.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Shut up. Carlotta.

[Steve Mitchell]

Wait a minute.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

What did you say?

[Steve Mitchell]

Carlotta.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Then you would wish you had not treated me that way.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I told you to keep your mouth shut.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I will tell Carlos. On the other side of the mountain is a cave. Lorenzo has hidden the relief shipments there.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, Lorenzo, So you've got nothing to hide now.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Indeed, I have no choice, senor. Carlotta, give me your scarf.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

You are going to fight with the knives over me?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Fool to think it is you I am considering.

[Steve Mitchell]

Hey, look how. Let's consider me for a minute.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I did not intend to kill you, senor. But as you see now I must. Here, take this knife.

[Steve Mitchell]

Now, wait a minute.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Put the end of the scarf between your teeth there, as I do the other end. So, now we circle. Slowly.

[Steve Mitchell]

Hey, look. Let's cow this foolishness, will you?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Do not hold the knife that way. Use the underhand grip. Do you know nothing at all about knife fighting?

[Steve Mitchell]

As much as I want to know.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Not for the last time, I am sorry. Defend yourself.

[Steve Mitchell]

Okay, you.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

As for you, twist the knife from my hand.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, you may know knife fighting, but you're pretty sad on judo.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Oh, Lorenzo. You killed Lorenzo.

[Steve Mitchell]

Just a rabbit punch, lady. Won't even leave a scar.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

So long, dog of a dog. Oh, Caro. Carissimo.

[Steve Mitchell]

He has killed you.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Lorenzo.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Lorenzo.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Will you stop that silly babbling?

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Lorenzo. You are all right, see?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Except the back of my neck.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I will tell your men to go after him.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

No, this is a personal matter. They might find it hard to understand how the American escaped from me. I will go after him alone.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

I will go with you.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You will wait here, Colota. I will attend to you when I return. Lorenzo, I may be gone until dark, because if I do not find the American, then there is someone in Messina I must talk to. Now get me my horse.

[Steve Mitchell]

Oh, boy, my wind is shot. Maybe it's the altitude. Hey, a horse ahead of me somewhere. I better play it safe. Hey, Donati.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

What?

[Steve Mitchell]

Over here.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Emilio. Steven Mitchell. You are safe.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I sent a guy to your room the first thing this morning. He said you were gone.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, One of Lorenzo's men got there first. Your waiter, Carlotta, tipped them off about me.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Carlotta?

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah. Think that horse of yours can carry both of us?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Lorenzo's men, they will be after you. Yeah, yeah.

[Steve Mitchell]

That's a good reason for not hanging around here any longer.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

All right.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Come.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

I. I go help you up. Wait, listen, my horse is coming.

[Steve Mitchell]

Come on, get your horse into the brush here. Cover up his nose so he Won't whinny.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Steve. It's Lorenzo. He's alone.

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, heading towards Messina too.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Look, I have a gun. We can capture him.

[Steve Mitchell]

No, no, not yet, Leo. Come on. We'll give him the lead, then follow him into Messina. It's possible he's got more on his mind than just finding me. If so, I want to know what it is.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Lorenzo. Senor Arch.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

Why you.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You fool. Coming here to the foundation office? My secretary will be back any minute. The American escape. How could he? We will not go into that. Oh, you stupid fool. You've ruined everything. Mitchell must know all about the stolen shipments now. See, he knows I stole them. But he does not know that you are involved, Archer. He might as well. We're through now, Lorenzo. Through. And all because of your stupidity. Do not talk that way to me, Archer. I'd planned it so well. Even when Paul Wainwright became suspicious, I fired him. Then I had his mouth shut permanently. And now you've ruined it.

[Carlotta / Helen Collier / Ruth (multiple female characters)]

You blundering half breed.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You keep your muscle up. This will help you. Lorenzo. I'll kill you. This gun is quicker than your knife.

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, Lorenzo and Archer. The Goldust twins, Mitchell. Very neat. So you two did work it together, huh?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You're wrong, Mitchell. I've just captured a notorious bandit. You lying dog. It was you who raised me. Hey, get back.

[Steve Mitchell]

Get back.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Mitchell, give me that.

[Steve Mitchell]

That gun's safer with me, aren't you.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You've got nothing on me.

[Steve Mitchell]

You mean because Lorenzo can't talk?

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

If you want to put it that way.

[Steve Mitchell]

There's one witness you overlooked, Archer.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Carlotta?

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, when she finds out you killed Lorenzo, she'll sing plenty. And it's a song. You're not gonn.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Well, did you send your reporter to the commissioner?

[Steve Mitchell]

Steve? Yeah, I called him. He said the Throp foundation had sent a new man over to head up the office here.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Well, and now you can relax for a few days. We. We gonna eat and drink and have a good time. You will have such a food as you never tasted. Scalopini, escarole. A pizza. Pizza that melt in your mouth.

[Steve Mitchell]

That sounds fine, Emilio, but I. I think I'll be heading back to the States now.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

What's the hurry?

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, someone back there is keeping some fried chicken on ice for me.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Well, it would. Fried chicken?

[Steve Mitchell]

Yeah, it's gotta be eaten on a boat too.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

Steve, I don't understand. What is so special about eating fried chicken on a boat?

[Steve Mitchell]

Well, you see, she's not the chicken that is I. Oh, well, just take my word for it, huh? So long, Emilio.

[Commissioner / Emilio Donati / Lorenzo / Archer (multiple male characters)]

You have just heard the first in an exciting new adventure series, Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Donlevy and written by Bob Wright. This program was directed by Bill Karn with music by Bruce Ashley. Be with us again next week at this same time when Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell embarks on another Dangerous assignment. This is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company.