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Passport to Danger

  • 1954-1958
  • 1 season
  • Marathon Music & Video
  • Action & Adventure

The adventures of a U.S. diplomatic courier, as he travels to distant countries with important communiques to America's allies and dodges enemy agents.

Season 1 Episode Guide

36 Episodes 1954 - 1956

Episode 0

Budapest

Thu, Oct 6, 1955 30 mins

Hungarian priest passes info to Steve in prison.

Episode 1

Antigua

Mon, Apr 30, 1956 30 mins

When Steve McQuinn arrives in Guatemala City he discovers the plot of a speculator who wants to keep coffee prices high.

Episode 2

Athens

Thu, Apr 19, 1956 27 mins

McQuinn woos princess while investigating narcotics in Greece.

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Episode 3

Baja, California

Mon, Mar 19, 1956 27 mins

An important scientist living in Baja is dying of cancer. Our hero, a U.S. state department courier, is sent by plane to deliver radioactive material for cancer treatment. The emergency delivery does not go smoothly.

Episode 4

Batavia

Mon, Jan 2, 1956 27 mins

Steve is tasked with retrieving American citizen Sally Towne from Jakarta back to the U.S. Easier said than done as Sally is bound and determined to locate her missing fiancé.

Episode 5

Belgrade

Sat, Jul 28, 1956 30 mins

A dying man mumbles something to Steve McQuinn about an assassination plot.

Episode 6

Brisbane

Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Steve McQuinn searched for a beautiful blonde who left an envelope with top secret documents in a bar.

Episode 7

Calcutta

Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Episode 8

Casablanca

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

In Casablanca on assignment, Steve meets up with an old flame and trips into a plot to overthrow the government.

Episode 10

Damascus

Sat, Dec 31, 1955

Steve McQuinn is ordered to provide protection from assassination to an Arabian sultan en route to Damascus.

Episode 12

Edinburgh

Mon, Aug 6, 1956 30 mins

Steve McQuinn is suspected in a plot to unearth a buried, ancient treasure that leads to murder.

Episode 13

Geneva

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

While on assignment in Geneva, McQuinn uncovers an assassination scheme involving the Russians.

Episode 14

Havana

Mon, Jul 30, 1956 30 mins

Steve McQuinn investigates why a pilot friend is illegally flying people into Havana.

Episode 15

Helsinki

Mon, Jul 23, 1956 30 mins

In Helsinki Steve introduces two young people who become romantically involved but the situation becomes complicated as their feuding families differ politically.

Episode 17

Lima

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

Episode 18

London

Mon, Jul 9, 1956 30 mins

Episode 19

Macao

Mon, Feb 27, 1956 27 mins

Steve must retrieve a washed-up Skipper from Macao back to see his dying Commodore father in San Francisco. No easy task since the Skipper is ashamed to show his face back in the states. The ruthless smugglers with whom he is associated also complicate matters.

Episode 20

Madrid

Thu, Dec 2, 1954

While dining with a Spanish Duchess, Steve is attacked and the Duchess abducted. Smitten with the Duchess, Steve is desperate to rescue her before he must depart for Casablanca.

Episode 21

Marseilles

Mon, Mar 5, 1956 30 mins

Upon arriving in Marseilles, Steve finds his travel companion dying on the docks from a stab wound. The man's dying wish is that Steve take care of his 13-year old daughter.

Episode 22

Mexico City

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

Episode 23

Monte Carlo

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

While on assignment in Monte Carlo, Steve finds an American intelligence agent who has been severely beaten and robbed. Steve agrees to undertake the agent's assignment - retrieving a roll of film with incriminating photographs of a corrupt politician.

Episode 24

Naples

Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Diplomatic courier Steve McQuinn attempts to renew acquaintance with an old war-time buddy.

Episode 25

New York

Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Episode 26

Paris

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

In Paris, McQuinn runs into an old friend who is involved in a scandal and, as it turns out, has attracted the interest of the Bulgarian police.

Episode 27

Prague

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

While in Prague, McQuinn helps a Russian ice-skating star who wishes to defect to the West.

Episode 29

Rio de Janeiro

Thu, Dec 29, 1955 30 mins

Steve searches for the missing husband of one woman while attempting to prevent a young girl from eloping during carnival time in Rio.

Episode 30

Rome

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

While in Rome investigating the leaking of classified documents from the American Embassy, McQuinn stumbles upon a German counterfeiting plot.

Episode 31

Saigon

Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Episode 32

Sofia, Bulgaria

Wed, Mar 7, 1956 30 mins

McQuinn, traveling to Sofia on the Orient express, helps a Bulgarian diplomat being returned to his country to face trumped up charges for jewel theft.

Episode 33

Tangiers

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

Steve tries to help a Bulgarian schoolmaster, hunted by his country's secret police in Tangier, obtain a visa to the United States.

Episode 34

Teheran

Wed, Jul 20, 1955 30 mins

Steve arrives to find his old friend has been murdered.

Episode 35

Tel Aviv

Sat, Apr 14, 1956

Steve helps a mother find her kidnapped son.

Episode 36

Trieste

Tue, Dec 28, 1954

Episode 37

Ankara, Turkey

Tue, Jul 26, 1955 26 mins

On an airplane Steve meets two children traveling alone who refuse to give their last name. When their aunt fails to meet them at the airport, Steve takes pity on them and allows them to stay in his hotel room. The children's aunt finally arrives, but Steve learns too late that a Romanian industrialist has fled to Crete with a large sum of money and the "aunt" is actually a communist agent who plans to use the children as hostages to force the defector to return behind the Iron Curtain.

Episode 38

Vienna

Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Episode 39

Zamboanga

Mon, Mar 26, 1956 30 mins

Diplomatic courier Steve McQuinn is asked by the U.S. government to check out the background of an American chorus girl slated to marry the Prince of Borneo.

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