Dangerous Assignment: Contact Lefty the Trained Seal (Turkey) 09/20/1950
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
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What is the premise of the Dangerous Assignment episode featuring Lefty the Trained Seal?
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Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell.
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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's going to end up with me smashing a spy ring because a trained SEAL gets a bad case of the blues.
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What assignment does Steve Mitchell receive from the Commissioner?
Morning, Commissioner. Ruth said you wanted to see me.
I do, Steve. You're leaving for Istanbul, Turkey on the next plane. Turkey? Oh, great. Last time I was there, as I remember, I got stabbed at, shot at, and beaten up in that order. Well, maybe you'll be lucky enough to change the order of events around a little this time.
Oh, swell.
You'll probably need to take a large rubber ball and a dead fish with you. Let's have that again. You ought to contact a character named Lefty over there. So what's a rubber ball and a dead fish got to do with it? Lefty is a trained SEAL. You know, for a minute I thought you said a trained SEAL. That's just what I did say. More particularly, you ought to talk to his owner, a vaudeville entertainer named Sam.
Now, just a minute, Commissioner. I'm a pretty patient guy. You send me to a lot of strange places to do a lot of strange things.
But if you think I'm going to fly clear to Turkey to audition a trained SEAL, I... Why, Steve, I thought you always fancied yourself as a sort of talent scout. Well, in certain fields, maybe, but trained SEALs yet. All kidding aside, Steve... We're up against a tough proposition. You mean the SEAL wants more dole for his act? I mean there's been a very clever spy ring operating throughout the Middle East. Its entire operation seems to depend on one person. Quite a bit of confidential information from this country seems to have been transmitted by this ring. That's why it's vital to us that it be smashed, that the ringleader be caught.
Well, what's all this got to do with the SEAL?
How does Lefty the Trained Seal play a role in the spy ring investigation?
Don't tell me you think that he's the one... I'm coming to that.
Steve, as you probably heard, Yusuf Tokat. Head of Turkish intelligence was murdered the night before last. There was a bomb rigged in his car. When he stepped on the starter, he was blown up. I see.
You think Tokat was on the trail of the head of this man, this spy ring fellow? Definitely.
Hmm.
But where do the trained seal and his owner figure in the deal? That's for you to find out. All we know is that they're apparently involved in some way. Well, that's a nice handful of nothing to go on. You'll work with Lieutenant Balik of the Istanbul police, Steve. Now, get over there. Talk to Balik. Talk to the seal's owner. Talk to the seal if you have to. But find out who that spy ringleader is and grab him. Well, that's it. You've got your assignment. Good luck.
NBC is presenting Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian Donlevy in the role of Steve Mitchell, colorful, two-fisted government agent. At all those places of the world where danger and intrigue walk hand in hand, there you will find Steve Mitchell on another Dangerous Assignment.
Dangerous Assignment
Sure, I've got my assignment. Just talk to a trained SEAL named Lefty and find out who's heading a spy ring in the Middle East. Yeah, real saints. Well, it's Thursday when I get to Istanbul and I head for Lieutenant Balik's office.
It is a pleasure to welcome you, Mr. Mitchell.
What information does Lieutenant Balik provide about the murder of Yusuf Tokat?
I hope you will be able to help us get to the bottom of this mystifying affair.
Well, I'll give it the old school try, Lieutenant.
First, I would like you to meet Dalmud.
I am honored, Mr. Mitchell. Dalmud?
Dalmud is Tokat's assistant. I arranged for him to be here to give you such information as he possesses.
I see. Now, as I understand it, Dalmud, your boss, Yosef Tokat, was head of intelligence here and was on the trail of the leader of the spy ring that's been operating throughout the Middle East?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of the Dangerous Assignment episode featuring Lefty the Trained Seal?
0:00–1:09
2
What assignment does Steve Mitchell receive from the Commissioner?
1:09–2:29
3
How does Lefty the Trained Seal play a role in the spy ring investigation?
2:29–4:03
4
What information does Lieutenant Balik provide about the murder of Yusuf Tokat?
4:03–5:40
5
What leads Steve Mitchell to suspect Sam, the seal's owner?
5:40–6:38
6
What events occur during Sam's performance at the theater?
6:38–7:41
7
How does Steve Mitchell connect the dots between the murder and the spy ring?
7:41–8:52
8
What is the resolution of the case involving Yusuf Tokat and the spy ring?
8:52–29:28
Speakers
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