Dangerous Assignment

audio oldtimeradio lumedwards Dangerous Assignment <blockquote> DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT Ryan Ellett Dangerous Assignment, with Brian Donlevy in the lead role of Steve Mitchell, was developed by NBC during the summer of 1949 at a cost of $15,000. Other shows developed as part of this new programming blitz by the network included Dragnet at a cost of $34,000, Richard Diamond at $51,000, and Four Star Playhouse at $60,000. Seven episodes were broadcast that summer, from July 9 to August 20, 1949. When no sponsor stepped forward the show left the airwaves for six months. Originally scheduled to replace Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis’ program at 10:00 in early February 1950, Dangerous Assignment instead took Dave Garroway’s slot at 10:30 with Garroway pushed back to 11:30 while Night Beat claimed the 10:00 time. Sustained initially, in the spring of 1950 General Mills signed to take sponsorship of the show beginning May 10 as part of a large bundle sale with NBC. In September 1950 it was announced in the trades that Donlevy had formed a production company – New Colony, Inc. – to bring Dangerous Assignment to television. He purchased the video rights from writer Bob Ryfe, who was also the package owner, and signed Ryf to script the visual version in addition to continuing his radio responsibilities. While Donlevy funded the start-up himself, he had an understanding with radio sponsor General Mills that the cereal manufacturer would take over production costs if the initial results were satisfactory. When Dangerous Assignment was once again looking for a sponsor in 1951 NBC advertised to potential backers that it had a gross weekly cost of $4,117, in comparison to $1,823 for Hollywood Love Story and $8,820 per half hour of Tallulah Bankhead’s The Big Show. Dangerous Assignment ran until July 1953 on radio and could be found in syndication on various television stations throughout the 1950s and even into the early 1960s. An Australianbased version was produced in 1954. In addition to Donlevy as lead character Steve Mitchell, his boss The Commissioner was played by Herb Butterfield and the Commissioner’s secretary, Ruth, was played by Betty Moran. Under the authority of a never-named federal spy agency, every week secret agent Steve Mitchell was off to an exotic locale to solve an international mystery. Interestingly, destinations in U.S-allied countries were regularly identified, from Italy to France to Norway, while Communist-bloc nations were not, usually referred to as simply a Balkan or Eastern European country. Old-time radio author John Dunning found the episodes “predictable” but audiences found the series if not ground-breaking at least enjoyable enough to afford it more than three years on the airwaves. The head writer was Bob Ryf with Adrian Gendot frequently attributed as co-writer. Bill Cairn directed and Robert Armbruster provided music for most of the run. <hr />OTRR Release Information: Series Name: Dangerous Assignment Release Status: OTRR Maintained Release Date: December, 2021 Release Version: Version 2112 Number of DVDs: 3 <hr /> NOTE: Updated Release! (December 2021). Many files upgraded from mp3 to flac; Newspaper clippings added; Log added; Biographies updated; New episodes Previous Release Version 1, June 24, 2014. From the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR. </blockquote> OTRR; Old Time Radio Researchers Group; OTR; Old Time Radio; OTRR Set; OTRR Certified Set; Dangerous Assignment; Detective; Mystery; Espionage; Foreign Intrigue; Brian Donlevy; Herb Butterfield; 1940s; 1950s; Updated Release; OTRR - 2021-12 Old Time Radio Researchers Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ OTRR_Certified_Dangerous_Assignment OTRRArchive@yahoo.com 2014-12-04 13:51:19.363925 2014-12-04 13:51:25 <blockquote> OLD TIME RADIO RESEARCHERS GROUP This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group located at <a href="http://otrr.org/" rel="nofollow">Old Time Radio Researchers Website (www.otrr.org)</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1677714482510214/" rel="nofollow">Old Time Radio Researchers Facebook Group</a>, and <a href="https://oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io/" rel="nofollow">Old Time Radio Researchers Group</a>. 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Pre-2019 OTRR Definitions: OTRR Certified Accurate -- A series that was "Certified Accurate" indicated that all the episodes were properly identified and labeled based on current information but that the series did not contain all known extant episodes. OTRR Certified Complete -- A series that was "Certified Complete" achieved the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. This certification level implied that all the files in the series were "Certified Accurate" and also indicated that the series was as complete as possible and included all circulating episodes. OTRR Non-Certified -- A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Certification process. Also, beginning in 2019, the version numbers of our OTRR releases changed format -- instead of v1.0 or v2.1, we are now using a version number that reflects the year and month the set was released. The format used is a two-digit year followed by a two-digit month. For example, "v1906" indicates a set that was released in June 2019, or "v1910" indicates a set released in October 2019. <hr />NOTE: There are no passwords for any of our ZIP files. If you are prompted for a password, before downloading the file again, try unzipping the file into a shorter full folder path name -- for example, unzip to "C:\" instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\your_Windows_ID\some_other_folder\". Sorry, some of our releases contain long folder and file names, which sometimes manifests itself on the Windows platform as prompting for a password for the ZIP file. Or try renaming the ZIP file itself to a shorter name before unzipping. </blockquote> ia905907_22 2014-12-05 2014 radioprograms