Tag: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Buffalo Matter (EP5095)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A Buffalo department store loses more than $421,000 in a daring vault robbery, and the police have few leads. Johnny Dollar arrives to investigate, but the evidence raises troubling questions about a trusted employee, suspicious recommendations, and a getaway that may be closer than anyone realizes. When an attempt is made to stop Johnny from digging deeper, he must act quickly to track down the thieves and recover the missing fortune.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 4, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

  • Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
  • Lawrence Dobkin
  • Bartlett Robinson
  • James McCallion
  • Dick Crenna
  • Junius Matthews
  • Gil Stratton

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Little Man Who Was Their Matter (EP5090)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is called to investigate the disappearance of Howard L. Edwards, a man presumed dead after his car plunged into the Hudson River. With $100,000 in insurance benefits at stake, the evidence points to a carefully planned disappearance. But when Johnny uncovers suspicious details and a trail of missing papers, he begins to suspect that something far more sinister has happened.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

  • Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
  • Virginia Gregg
  • Larry Dobkin
  • Ralph Moody
  • Gil Stratton
  • Herb Weigand
  • Vic Perrin

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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Backfire That Backfired Matter (EP5080)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar is looking forward to making amends with Betty Lewis when an unusual pattern catches his attention: a hot rod races past her home every morning, its engine backfiring at precisely the same spot. When Johnny discovers that the car has a phony license plate, he suspects that the noise is more than a nuisance. His investigation leads him to a dangerous scheme targeting a former attorney, but can Johnny uncover the plan before the next backfire turns deadly?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

  • Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
  • Virginia Gregg
  • Forrest Lewis
  • Barney Phillips
  • Tom Holland

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

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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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter (EP4930)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; James McCallion; Russ Thorson; Sam Edwards; Herb Vigran

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4805)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

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The Road to the Valentine Matter (EP4795s)

Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann’s story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial.

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church

Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1949

Starring: Frank Graham as Jeff Regan; Frank Nelson; William Conrad; Sidney Miller

Night Beat: Big John McMasters

Randy Stone befriends an old-time racketeer and becomes concerned when he is shot.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

Starring: Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone; William Conrad; Tudor Owen

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter

Johnny goes to Saint Petersburg to investigate the killing of a mobster.

Original Air Date: April 28, 1953

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; John McIntire; Joseph Kearns; Jeanette Nolan; Virginia Gregg; Jay Novello

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter

After investigating a hotel theft in New Orleans, Johnny befriends an old-time bootlegger in a bar.

Original Air Dates: October 31-November 4, 1955

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Betty Lou Gerson; Barney Phillips; Will Wright; Forrest Lewis; Marvin Miller; Jay Novello; Jack Moyles

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carson Arson Matter (EP4784)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates a series of fires at a chain of New England grocers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Byron Kane; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Jack Edwards; Joseph Kearns; Forrest Lewis

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eastern Western Matter (EP4764)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Florida to investigate a ranch, where a rancher claims the winter freeze cost him his entire herd of cattle.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Marvin Miller; Herb Vigran; Jack Moyles; Vic Perrin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Circus Animal Matter (Encore) (EP4753)

Charles Russell

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is hired to protect a leopard in animal show.

Original Air Date: December 10, 1949

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Diamond Dilemma Matter (EP4729)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate when a millionaire wants to collect on a claim that his diamonds were stolen by beings not of this Earth.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edwin Jerome; Paul Dubov; Frank Gerstle; Junius Matthews; Marvin Miller

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ingenuous Jeweler Matter (EP4669)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates the robbery of $985,000 in jewels from a jeweler’s office.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Harry Bartell; Byron Kane; Vic Perrin; Joseph Kearns; Austin Green

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Broderick Matter Omnibus (EP4646s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny looks for an insurance beneficiary for a policy with a heartwarming story, and finds disillusionment in the course of a coast-to-coast search.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 14-18, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Eleanor Audley; Barbara Eiler; Virginia Gregg; Carleton Young; Harry Bartell; Herb Ellis; John Dehner; Marvin Miller; Tony Barrett; Frank Gerstle; Chester Stratton; Lawrence Dobkin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alkali Mike Matter (EP4627)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An eccentric, wealthy man, with life insurance, is dead, and Johnny’s old friend Meg is the prime suspect.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Dick Keith; Peter Leeds; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Gerstle

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Model Picture Matter (EP4621)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate when a model with a $100,000 policy on her face is attacked by a mysterious assailant.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1957

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lillian Buyeff; Lawrence Dobkin; Herb Ellis; Harry Bartell

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