Category: CBS

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar travels to Paris after his underworld contact Louis de Marsac claims to know the whereabouts of the Olney diamonds, a three-quarter-million-dollar necklace stolen during its owner’s recent visit to the United States. But Johnny’s arrival is greeted by a ransacked apartment and a sudden assault, suggesting that recovering the jewels will mean navigating some dangerous figures in the Paris underworld.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16, 1959.

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Forrest Lewis
G. Stanley Jones
Tony Barrett
Bill James
Gus Bay
Jack Johnstone, writer, producer, and director

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Georgie Beck Murder Case (EP5063)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Pickpocket Georgie Beck has repeatedly insisted that someone is following him, but Danny Clover and his colleagues have found nothing to substantiate his fears. When Georgie suddenly calls headquarters saying he has been attacked and then disappears, Danny retraces his movements and discovers an unexpected connection between the small-time thief and a lavish Park Avenue party.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
Irene Tedrow as Vera Lane
Michael Ann Barrett as Barbara Lane
Herb Butterfield
Ben Wright
Leo Cleary
Morton Fine and David Friedkin, writers
Elliott Lewis, producer and director
Alexander Courage, composer and conductor

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Cronin Matter Omnibus (EP5060s)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar is hired to protect the Circle of Fire, a half-million-dollar diamond-and-emerald necklace belonging to former Broadway sensation Dolly Cronin, who plans to wear it while recreating the lavish parties of her youth. But with Dolly inviting friends from a past she remembers through rose-colored glasses, Johnny quickly discovers that the celebrated necklace may attract people with motives far less sentimental than hers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 5-9, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Shirley Mitchell
Vivi Janis
Barbara Fuller
Benny Rubin
John Dehner
Parley Baer
Les Crutchfield, writer
Jack Johnstone, producer and director
Amerigo Marino, musical supervision
Roy Rowan, announcer

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lost by a Hair Matter (EP5060)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:Johnny Dollar is summoned by wealthy widow Grace Tilford, who claims she has discovered that the fire which destroyed her lumberyard was deliberately set—and that one of three people close to her is responsible. Each has a financial motive, but before Grace will reveal the proof she has uncovered, Johnny finds himself facing a far more immediate mystery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 9, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Helen Kleeb
Shirley Mitchell
Ben Wright
Sam Edwards
Harry Bartell
Lawrence Dobkin
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone
Jim Matthews, announce

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Joey Croft Murder Case (EP5058)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the murder of Joey Croft, a Coney Island carnival operator found stabbed and buried in the sand. Suspicion falls on Fred Moore, a recently released ex-con who blamed Joey for sending him to prison, but finding Moore only draws Danny deeper into the tangled relationships of several people from their old carnival days.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Credits:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
Alvina Temple as Letty Scott
Lou Merrill as Mr. Zabrowski
Paula Victor as Nora Forrest
Herb Vigran as Ray Kendall
Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
Music composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Chain of Death Matter (EP5055)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar is summoned by his eccentric old acquaintance Alvin Peabody Cartwright, who has received a chain letter promising good fortune if he continues it—and disaster if he breaks it. Johnny is skeptical until he learns that two of Cartwright’s friends died exactly when the letter predicted, suggesting that someone may be using superstition to disguise a very real threat.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Howard McNear
Paul Dubov
Frank Gerstle
Herb Vigran
Jim Matthews, announcer

Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Lila Hunter Murder Case (EP5053)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the death of Lila Hunter, whose body is pulled from the river while police are searching for her as the prime suspect in another murder. When a Skid Row derelict unexpectedly produces $500 for Lila’s funeral, Danny follows the money toward a man from her past and a possible connection between the two deaths.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bolt out of the Blue Matter (EP5050)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar travels to the Massachusetts coast after the niece of retired sea captain Amos Weatherby reports a threat against her uncle’s life. She believes a former fiancé with a sinister past has returned to make good on that threat, and Johnny arrives just as a powerful storm approaches the Weatherby home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Carleton G. Young
Ralph Moody
James McCallion

Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Harry Moore Murder Case (EP5048)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of successful construction contractor Harry Moore, a man with no apparent enemies, whose recent behavior had taken him far from his comfortable life. Clover follows Moore’s unexplained visits to the Bowery, where he discovers a connection to a dangerous man—and a mystery that reaches much closer to home than it first appears.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 2, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Will and the Way Matter (EP5045)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar receives an urgent call from his old friend Red Barrett, who insists that the will of a recently deceased friend has been altered. Although others dismiss Red’s suspicions, Johnny heads for Arizona and Nevada to investigate—and soon discovers that someone is willing to go to dangerous lengths to keep him from asking questions.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Barney Phillips
Forrest Lewis
Parley Baer
Jack Moyles
Billy Halop
Byron Kane

Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Alice Mayo Murder Case (EP5043)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Alice Mayo, a recent arrival in New York who is shot through the door of her apartment. Her dying words point toward a man she met at a friendship club, but an anonymous telephone call made around the time of the shooting leaves Clover with questions about what really happened.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan and Dr. Sinski
Whitfield Connor as Fred Mayo
Betty Lou Gerson
Lamont Johnson
Joe Forte

Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin

Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis

Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Frantic Fisherman Matter (EP5940)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar welcomes an excuse to visit an old friend at a Lake Mojave fishing resort, but the vacation quickly becomes an investigation when a recently released convict is spotted using some very unusual fishing equipment. Johnny sets out to discover what the man is really searching for beneath the lake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Barney Phillips
Sam Edwards
Bartlett Robinson
Forrest Lewis
Ralph Moody
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Irene Hall Murder Case (EP5038)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Detective Danny Clover investigates the strangling of a Broadway entertainer whose body is discovered by a frightened out-of-town businessman. His insistence that he heard the woman scream long after she apparently died presents Clover with a puzzling contradiction—and the case soon takes an even darker turn.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan
Hy Averback as Russ Field
Herb Butterfield as Myron Lehigh
Featuring Martha Wentworth, Ed Max, and Junius Matthews

Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin

Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis

Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Only One Butt Matter (EP5035)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar accepts an unusually lucrative assignment to locate the runaway daughter of one of the insurance company’s wealthiest clients. But when he finds the missing heiress in New York, his search abruptly becomes a murder investigation in which two of her closest companions each have reason to want her dead

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Stars:
Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Les Tremayne
Herb Vigran
Alan Reed
Frank Gerstle
Jack Edwards
Jack Grimes
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Lois Conrad Murder Case (EP5033)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of a young secretarial school student whose glamorous lifestyle concealed a complicated personal life. As conflicting stories emerge from those closest to her, an unexpected confession seems to close the case—until Clover discovers the truth is far more complicated.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Cast:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan
Paula Winslow as Sylvia Hewitt
Ted Osborne as Carl Hewitt
Lou Merrill as Mr. Conrad
Featured: Truda Marson and Shep Mencken
Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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