Dangerous Assignment
1952
Commissioner: So Lieutenant Aboora and his men arrived in the nick of time? Steve Mitchell: Couldn't have been any nickier.
Steve Mitchell: You say, "If Hartley killed Burego... " Do you think it was a frame? Commissioner: I'm sending you down there to do my thinking for me.
Steve Mitchell: And Senor Valdez tells me that the early returns on the election show that the minority... is still the minority.
(Gelba, an elderly European diplomat, listens intently to a jazz pianist riffing while Steve makes his report on the phone) Steve Mitchell: What's going on? Well, maybe you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but maybe you can make a cat out of him.
(first lines) (prologue to many episodes) Steve Mitchell: 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.
(Steve sneaks up behind Manca and lights the enemy agent's cigarette) Manca: Thank you. Steve Mitchell: You're welcome. How are you, Manca? Manca: That voice... let me see, it was Leipzig wasn't it? Steve Mitchell: Sharp as ever aren't you, Manca? Manca: An American connotation... Steve Mitchell! Still chasing the Holy Grail, Mitchell? Steve Mitchell: No, I'm spending most of my time stepping on slimy things that crawl out from under rocks.