Words Are Mightier Than The Sword (Aired April 21, 1951)
Dangerous Assignment stands as one of the most durable programs of its genre and era in the waning days of The Golden Age of Radio. Espionage or foreign intrigue dramas weren't particularly groundbreaking undertakings by the 1950s. Bulldog Drummond was the first of the more successful exemplars of Radio espionage and intrigue, running from 1941 to 1954, most often under the lead of the gifted character actor, George Coulouris. The Counterspy series had been well underway since 1942 and ran in one incarnation or another through 1954. Dangerous Assignment, while airing ahead of The Man Called X, never seemed to get the buildup that The Man Called X invariably received. It may well have been as simple as a lack of sponsorship. For much of 1950 and 1951, both Dangerous Assignment and The Man Called X remained either network sustained or shared the sponsorship of Ford, Anacin, Chesterfield, and RCA Victor. Show Notes From The Digital Deli. THIS EPISODE: April 21, 1951. "Words Are Mightier Than The Sword" - NBC network. Sustaining. Steve is sent to the French Riviera to help smuggle out Gotchek (an atomic scientist). When he arrives, his contact is found murdered. Brian Donlevy, Robert Ryf (writer), Adrian Gendot (writer), Bill Cairn (producer, director), Robert Armbruster (music), Herb Butterfield, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Hal Gerard, Lynn Allen, Fritz Feld. 29:30. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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