Tag: Hard Boiled

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Desalles Matter (EP4393)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes out west when an insurance agent is suspicious of a $100,000 death claim that another investigator was assigned to look into.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Original Air Date: January 13, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; John Stephenson; Will Wright; James McCallion; Ben Wright

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EP3019: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Bodyguard to the Late Robert W. Perry

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny Dollar is assigned as a bodyguard to a highly insured businessman, who dies as soon as Johnny arrives. Now he must find the killer and find out if the insurance company that’s retained him has to pay off.

Original Air Date: March 3, 1950

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EP1835: Philip Marlowe: The Long Way Home

Gerald Mohr

An older man hires to Marlowe to find his pretty young wife.

Original Air Date: August 4, 1951

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EP1829: Philip Marlowe: The Good Neighbor Policy

Gerald Mohr

A mix up with his phone lines leads Marlowe to a snippy neighbor and a gun in his back.

Original Air Date: July 28, 1951

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EP1823: Philip Marlowe: Life Can Be Murder

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe meets a beautiful woman at an English pub, drops her off at a ritzy house, and is called when a dead body is found at the house.

Original Air Date: July 21, 1951

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EP1813: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blue Madonna Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny receives a tip from a friendly crook in Paris that a painting hanging in a gallery is a forgery.

Original Air Date: February 22, 1959

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EP1811: Philip Marlowe: A Seaside Sabbatical

Gerald Mohr

Marlowe travels thirty miles to find a client changed his mind but then things get complicated.

Original Air Date: July 7, 1951

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EP1801: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter

Bob Bailey
After a harrowing escape the previous week, Johnny once again finds himself in the cross hairs of an escaped criminal.

Original Air Date: February 8, 1959

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EP1799: Philip Marlowe: The White Carnation

Gerald Mohr

Marlowe is hired to find a groom who disappeared on the eve of his wedding.

Original Air Date: September 22, 1950

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EP1793: Philip Marlowe: The Final Payment

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe sets out to find stolen jewels at the request of a man on death row.

Original Air Date: September 15, 1950

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EP1789: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Doubt Matter

Bob Bailey
A woman calls Johnny unsure if she committed murder.

Original Air Date: January 11, 1959

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EP1787: Philip Marlowe: The Fifth Mask

Gerald Mohr

Marlowe refuses a client who refuses to tell him the truth. When he finds her body, he sets out to find who killed her.

Original Air Date: September 8, 1950

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EP1781: Philip Marlowe: The Soft Spot

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe is hired to search skid row for an old man who his client said stole some silver.

Original Air Date: September 1, 1950

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EP1777: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hair Raising Matter

Bob Bailey
Johnny is called by a wealthy insured man for an unknown reason and then the insured turns up dead.

Original Air Date: November 30, 1958

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EP1771: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Trouble Matter

Bob Bailey
Two young men claim to be the heir to a fortune and Johnny has to sort out who’s telling the truth.

Original Air Date: November 16, 1958
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