Category: OTR Detective

EP2031: Night Beat: The Elevator Caper

Frank Lovejoy

Lucky Stone’s friend is killed and he sets out to use his newspaper column to imply an infamous gangster is behind it. When he is roughed up by some of the gangster’s men, he gets a gun to hunt him down.

Audition Date: January 13, 1950

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EP2030: Dragnet: The Big Lease

Jack WebbFriday and Romero search for a missing man who disappeared three months previously.

Original Air Date: November 1, 1951

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EP2029: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fancy Bridgework Matter

Bob Bailey
Johnny returns to Florida to find out if an insured person was murdered or committed suicide.

Original Air Date: November 22, 1959

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EP2028: Boston Blackie: Amnesia Victim

Richard Kollmar

A man who had a case of amnesia asks Blackie determined whether he killed a man during the period he can’t remember.

Original Air Date: November 8, 1945

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EP2027: Richard Diamond: The Bill Kirby Murder Case

Dick Powell

Diamond investigates the disappearance of a fellow private eye at the request of the missing man’s mother.

Original Air Date: October 29, 1949

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EP2026: Private Files of Rex Saunders: When You Play The Game…With Death

Rex Harrison
Saunders mixed up in a murder on a gambling ship.

Rehearsal Date Before: May 23, 1951

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EP2025: Night Beat: The Ted Carter Murder Case

Edmond O'Brien

Hank Mitchell’s friend is killed and he sets out to use his newspaper column to imply an infamous gangster is behind it. When Hank’s roughed up by some of the gangster’s men, he gets a gun to hunt him down.

Audition Date: May 19, 1949

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EP2024: Dragnet: The Big Market

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero investigate a series of market robberies.

Original Air Date: October 25, 1951

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EP2023: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bayou Body Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny investigates the death of a wealthy man who left a $50,000 insurance policy with an ex-stripper as a beneficiary.

Original Air Date: November 15, 1959

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EP2022: Boston Blackie: Mary Disappears

Richard Kollmar
Mary has to go undercover on a farm 200 miles from the city when Shorty is arrested for a crime committed by a man who has been missing for years.

Original Air Date: November 1, 1945

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EP2021: Richard Diamond: The Rene Bennet Case

Dick Powell
Diamond is hired to find out who has been stealing designs from a hat designer.

Original Air Date: October 22, 1949

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EP2020: Private Files of Rex Saunders: Diamonds Can Be Done….To Death

Rex Harrison

Rex searches for stolen diamonds.

Original Air Date: May 16, 1951

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EP2019: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Queen of Narcotics

Vinton Hayworth
A father asks Mike to help his drug-addicted son who put him in the hospital.

Original Air Date: April 3, 1953

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EP2018: Dragnet: The Big Story Man

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero’s prime suspect in a burglary has a story that could get him off in court.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1951

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EP2017: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Larson Arson Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is brought in to protect a former criminal who has received threats of arson after testifying to an investigating committee.

Original Air Date: November 8, 1959

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