Dangerous Assignment was an NBC radio drama starring Brian Donlevy broadcast in the US 1949–1953. It preceded the James Bond character and books and may well have inspired them.
"The Commissioner" sent US special agent Steve Mitchell to exotic locales all over the world, where he would encounter adventure and international intrigue in pursuit of some secret. Each show would always open with a brief teaser scene from the episode to follow. After the intro, Steve Mitchell would be summoned to the office of 'The Commissioner', the regional head of an unnamed US State Department agency created to address international unrest as it affected U.S. interests. "The Commissioner" would give background information, explain the current situation and tell Steve his assignment. Steve's cover identity, in almost all his adventures, was that of a suave debonair foreign correspondent for an unnamed print publication — his assignments invariably involved deceit, trickery, and violence, all tied together into a successful resolution by the end of the episode.
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HIS MAJESTY'S SERVANTS from THE JUNGLE BOOK by RUDYARD KIPLING
SNOW OF BRENDAN and THE MODEL WIFE THE STORIES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
ROUGHING IT by MARK TWAIN
GIRL and JEFF PETERS AS A PERSONAL MAGNET by O. HENRY
THE MOONSTONE (3RD NARRATIVE, CHAPS 3-4)
DAMAGED LYDIA HEADS FOR PANAMA and SEALED ORDERS ADVENTURES OF HORATIO HORNBLOWER
THE PISTOL and VANISHING LADY ESCAPE
WHITE FANG (FINAL CHAPTER) by JACK LONDON
THE SIGNALMAN by CHARLES DICKENS
THE BADDEST OUTLAW OF THEM ALL- HARVEY 'KID CURRY' LOGAN (PT 1)
THE SCHOOLMASTER'S PROGRESS by CAROLINE M.S. KIRKLAND
BLOW OFF and DEAD GIVEAWAY TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS
BATTLE AGAINST EL SUPREMO and LYDIA SINKS THE NATIVIDAD ADVENTURES OF HORATIO HORNBLOWER
JACK THE RIPPER (PT 3 OF 3) FROM SUSPECTS TO KILLERS
JACK THE RIPPER (PT 2 OF 3) SUSPECTS NAMED
THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE (CONCLUSION) by H.P. LOVECRAFT
THE DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE (PT 2) by H.P. LOVECRAFT
THE MOONSTONE (3rd NARRATIVE, CHAPS 1-2, FRANKLIN BLAKE)
RIKKI RIKKI TAVI from THE JUNGLE BOOK by RUDYARD KIPLING
THE OLIVE by ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
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