Dangerous Assignment was a product of the Cold War, with mystery and intrigue cropping up across the globe. Steve Mitchell, an agent for an unnamed U.S. government agency, is dispatched to some exotic, faraway place at the beginning of each episode.

The third show of the series. Steve's off to Nigeria to obtain rights to a new manganese discovery. A good adventure yarn in darkest Africa. Starring Brian Donlevy as Steve, this episode was first broadcast July 23, 1949.