Listen to early years of the man with the action packed expense account Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. From the begiing on 2/11/49 the leading role was played by Charles Russell, Edmond O'Briend and John Lund. The program would then become a 15 min. serial with Bob Bailey (the most well loved Johnny Dollar of them all.)
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Johnny Dollar (Early Years) Vol. 1
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 1
12/07/48 Milford Brooks, III (Audition Program w/Dick Powell as
Johnny Dollar)
01/07/49 Audition Program The Robert W. Perry Case w/Charles
Russell (VG+)
02/11/49 # 1 The Parakoff Policy Matter (Premiere broadcast)
02/25/49 # 3 The Case Of The Slow Boat From China
03/04/49 # 4 The Robert W. Perry Case
03/11/49 # 5 Murder Is A Merry-Go-Round
03/25/49 # 6 The Milford Brooks III Matter
04/01/49 # 7 The Stolen Portrait Of The Duke Of Masson (VG+)
04/15/49 # 9 The Case Of The $100,000 Legs Or Who Put Your Company
Out On The Limb
04/22/49 # 10 The Case Of Barton Drake Or How I Played Ducks And
Drake With A Drake
Who Ducked
07/24/49 # 12 The Disappearance Of Twelve Apex Cabs, Or Who Took
The Taxis For A Ride
08/07/49 # 14 The Investigation Of Bonnie Goodwin, Or She Was Under
Twenty-One But
That Doesn?t Mean She Was Involved With Nothing But Minor Vices, Or
Murder Ain?t Minor
08/21/49 # 16 Bodyguard To Grand Blue Ribbon Champion Spotted Portland
China Hog
Rosie Baron of Iowa Or How You Cast My Pearls Of Wisdom Before
A Swine, Or Out Of The Fire Into The Frying Pan
09/04/49 # 18 The Expiring Nickels And The Egyptian Jackpot
09/25/49 # 19 The Search For Michelle Marsh, Or She Came In Like
A Lion And Went
Out On The Lamb
10/01/49 # 20 The Tuna Was Running And So Was Everybody Else, Or
I Caught A Fishing
Boat, But You Should Have Seen The One That Got Away (Fishing Boat Affair)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 2
10/08/49 # 21 The Racehorse Piledriver Matter, Or He?d Had Been
Way Off His Feed
If I Didn?t Know My Oats (VG)
10/15/49 # 22 Dr. Otto Schmedlich, Or An Apple A Day Sent The Doctor
Away, Or
It Couldn?t Have Happened To A Bigger Worm (VG)
10/22/49 # 23 Witness, Witness, Whose Got The Witness, Or He Said
Give Me Liberty Or
Give Me Death And Got Both
10/29/49 # 24 The Little Man Who Wasn't All There, Or In Most Cases
There At All, Or
The Unpaid Premium Payoff
11/05/49 # 25 On The Island Of Tinutan , Or South Of The Equator
Things Can Get Hot
In More Ways Than One, Or Mother Call My Draft Board; I'm Leaving
The Country Again
11/12/49 # 26 Your Representative Investigating Your Relatives Who
Might Be Interested
In Murdering You For Your Insurance, Or Who'd Like To Rock The Old
Doll To Sleep
11/26/49 # 27 Suspected Skullduggery In The Skull Canyon Mine, Or
Mister Bones,
Who Was That Lady I Seen You With Last Night?, Or Messing With
A Mule Train Is One Good Way To Kick Off
12/03/49 # 28 Bodyguard To Your Policy Holder Anne Connelly, Or
It May Have Been Love
At First Sight, But The Last Sight Was Down The Barrel Of A 45 Automatic
12/10/49 # 29 The Unscheduled Performances In Maximillion Sanduro?s
Animal Show, Or
All They Needed Was A Clown And Then I Should Up, Or I Once Thought
I?d Runaway With A Circus, This One I Wanted To Runaway From
12/17/49 # 30 My Assignment In Port-Au-Prince Haiti , Or The Nights
Maybe Black Down
There But The Magic Is Blacker
12/24/49 # 31 Investigation Of Small Time Swindles Of Big Time Department
Stores, Or
How I Played Santa Claus And Almost Got Left Holding The Sack, Or
Go For A Sleigh Ride Without Benefit Of Snow Can Be Tough Sleighing
02/03/50 # 35 The Circumstances Surrounding The Murder Of Your Policy
Holder,
Loyal B. Martin, Or How To Take A Vacation In Fairfield County
02/10/50 # 36 My Assignment Aboard The S.S. Malay Trader, The Ship
With No Port O?Call
02/17/50 # 37 Mr. And Mrs. Arbuthnel Trump, Or How The Gravedigger?s
Spades Came Near Being Trumps
02/24/50 # 38 The Disappearance Of Bruce Lambert, The Archeologist
That Never Should
Have Left His Tomb (Middle commercial missing)
03/03/50 # 39 The Bodyguard To The Late Robert W. Perry
03/07/50 # 40 Your Missing Policy Holder, Youthful Millionaire Alec
Jefferson, Or
How They Were Drilling For Oil And But What They Struck Was Me
03/14/50 # 41 The Eighty-Five Little Minks
03/21/50 # 42 Stuart Palmer, The Man Who Wrote Himself To Death
(Rehearsal Recording Of 03/16/50)
03/28/50 # 43 The Missing Masterpiece
04/04/50 # 44 The Story Of The Big Red School House (VG)
04/11/50 # 45 The Dead First Helpers
04/18/50 # 46 The Story Of The Ten-O-Eight (Rehearsal Recorded On
03/30/50)
04/25/50 # 47 The Pearl Carrasa Matter (Recorded On 04/01/50)
05/02/50 # 48 The Able Tackett Matter (Recorded On 04/06/50, possible
rehearsal)
05/09/50 # 49 The Harold Trandum Matter (Recorded On 04/13/50)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 3
05/16/50 # 50 The Sydney Rykoff Matter (Rehearsal Recorded On 04/20/50)
05/23/50 # 51 The Earl Chadwick Matter (Recorded On 05/11/50)
05/30/50 # 52 The Port-Au-Prince Haiti Matter
06/08/50 # 53 The Carisio Diamond Matter
06/15/50 # 54 The Investigation Of The Arrowcraft Matter
06/22/50 # 55 The London Matter
06/29/50 # 56 The Barbara James Matter
07/06/50 # 57 The Bello-Horizonte Railroad Matter
07/13/50 # 58 The Calgary Matter (VG)
07/20/50 # 59 The Henry J. Unger Matter (VG)
08/03/50 # 61 The Blood River Matter
08/10/50 # 62 The Hartford Alliance Matter
08/17/50 # 63 The Mickey McQueen Matter
08/24/50 The Trans-Pacific
Import Export Company, South China Branch Matter (Rehearsal)
08/24/50 # 64 The Trans-Pacific Import Export Company, South China
Branch Matter
08/31/50 # 65 The Virginia Beach Matter
09/30/50 # 66 The Howard Cauldwell Matter
10/07/50 # 67 The Richard Splane Matter
10/14/50 # 68 The Yankee Pride Matter
10/21/50 # 69 The Jack Madigan Matter
10/28/50 # 70 The Joan Sebastian Matter
11/04/50 # 71 The Queen Anne Pistol Matter
11/11/50 # 72 The Adam Kegg Matter
11/18/50 # 73 The Nora Faulkner Matter
11/25/50 # 74 The Woodward Manila Matter
12/16/50 # 76 The Leland Blackburn Matter (Rehearsal Recorded On
12/16/50)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 4
01/13/51 # 80 The Port O'Call Matter
01/20/51 # 81 The David Rocky Matter
02/24/51 # 86 The Jarvis Wilder Matter
03/03/51 # 87 The Celia Woodstock Matter
03/10/51 # 88 The Stanley Springs Matter
03/24/51 # 90 The Byron Hayes Matter
03/31/51 # 91 The Jackie Cleaver Matter (Repeat of 12/09/50)
04/07/51 # 92 The Edward French Matter
04/14/51 # 93 The Mickey McQueen Matter (Repeat of 08/17/50)
04/21/51 # 94 The Willard South Matter
04/25/51 # 96 The Virginia Towne Matter (Rehearsal for 05/05/51)
04/28/51 # 95 The Month-End Raid Matter
05/05/51 # 96 The Virginia Towne Matter (Rehearsal 04/25/51)
04/25/51 The Virginia
Towne Matter (Rehearsal Recording)
05/05/51 # 96 The Virginia Towne Matter
05/26/51 # 99 The Lillis Bond Matter (Rehearsal recorded on 05/17/51
- unedited)
06/02/51 #100 The Soderbury, Maine Matter (Rehearsal recorded on
06/02/51)
06/09/51 #101 The George Farmer Matter
06/16/51 #102 The Arthur Broderick Matter (Rehearsal recorded on
06/06/51)
06/20/51 #103 The Malcom Wish, M.D. Matter
06/27/51 #104 The Hatchet House Theft Matter
07/04/51 #105 The Alonzo Chapman Matter (VG)
07/11/51 #106 The Fairway Matter
08/01/51 #109 The Horace Lockhart Matter
08/15/51 #111 The Lucky Costa Matter
08/29/51 #113 The Leland Case Matter (Rehearsal recorded on 08/22/51)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 5
09/19/51 #115 The Cuban Jewel Matter
09/26/51 #116 The Protection Matter (VG-)
10/06/51 #117 The Douglas Taylor Matter (VG)
10/13/51 #118 The Millard Ward Matter (VG)
10/27/51 #120 The Tolhurst Theft Matter (VG)
11/03/51 #121 The Hannibal Murphy Matter (VG)
11/10/51 #122 The Baskerville Matter
11/17/51 #123 The Merrill Kent Matter (VG)
12/08/51 #124 The Youngstown Credit Group Matter
12/29/51 #127 The Alma Scott Matter (VG)
01/05/52 #128 The Glen English Matter (VG+)
07/02/52 #130 The Amelia Harwell Matter
11/24/52 #140 Audition Program # 1 The Trans-Pacific Matter
(16:08)
(Broadcast on Monday 11/24/52)
(Script identifies show as show #1. Audition script as broadcast.)
Opening line: "Al Harper at Corinthian, Johnny..."
Johnny Dollar: John Lund
11/28/52 #141 Audition Program # 2 The Trans-Pacific Matter (15:00)
(Broadcast on Friday 11/28/52)
(Script identifies show as show #2. Audition script as broadcast.)
Opening line: "This is Grover, American Consulate."
Johnny Dollar: John Lund
11/28/52 #142 The Singapore Arson Matter (Same as audition No #
1 from 11/24/52)
12/05/52 #143 The James Clayton Matter
12/12/52 #144 The Elliott Champion Matter
12/26/52 #146 The Walter Patterson Matter
01/02/53 #147 The Baltimore Matter
01/09/53 #148 The Thelma Ibsen Matter
01/16/53 #149 The Starlet Matter
01/23/53 #150 The Marigold Matter
01/30/53 #151 The Kay Bellamy Matter (VG+)
02/06/53 #152 The Chicago Fraud Matter
02/20/53 #154 The LaTourette Matter
02/27/53 #155 The Underwood Matter (VG)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 6
03/06/53 #156 The Jeanne Maxwell Matter
03/09/53 The
Madison Matter (Rehearsal for 04/14/53)
03/17/53 #158 The King's Necklace Matter (On Drive) (Dropouts)
03/24/53 #159 The Syndicate Matter (VG) (Dropouts)
03/31/53 #160 The Lester Matson Matter (AFRS)
04/07/53 #161 The Enoch Arden Matter
04/14/53 #162 The Madison Matter (AFRS)
04/21/53 #163 The Dameron Matter
04/28/53 #164 The San Antonio Matter (VG)
05/05/53 #165 The Blackmail Matter (VG) (Dropouts)
05/12/53 #166 The Rochester Theft Matter (AFRS)
05/26/53 #168 The Brisbane Fraud Matter (AFRS)
06/02/53 #169 The Costain Matter
06/09/53 #170 The Oklahoma Red Matter (Poor) (Dropouts)
06/16/53 #171 The Emil Carter Matter (Poor) (Dropouts)
06/23/53 #172 The Jonathan Bellows Matter (VG) (AFRS)
06/30/53 #173 The Jones Matter
07/21/53 #176 The Black Doll Matter (AFRS)
07/28/53 #177 The James Forbes Matter
08/04/53 #178 The Voodoo Matter
08/11/53 #179 The Nancy Shaw Matter (VG)
08/18/53 #180 The Isabelle James Matter (Original script title
The Kimball Matter) (VG)
08/25/53 #181 The Nelson Matter (AFRS) (VG+) (Dropouts)
09/01/53 #182 The Stanley Price Matter (VG-)
08/53 #183 The Lester Matson Matter (VG+) (Dropouts)
09/29/53 #186 The Anita Buddha Matter (VG) (Dropouts)
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 7
10/06/53 #187 The Alfred Chambers Matter
10/13/53 #188 The Phillip Morey Matter
10/20/53 #189 The Allen Saxton Matter
10/27/53 #190 The Howard Arnold Matter (VG+)
11/03/53 #191 The Gino Gambona Matter
11/10/53 #192 The Bobby Foster Matter
11/17/53 #193 The Nathan Gayle Matter
11/24/53 #194 The Independent Diamond Traders Matter (VG-)
12/01/53 #195 The Monopoly Matter (Repeat of 02/03/51) (VG-)
12/08/53 #196 The Barton Baker Matter
12/15/53 #197 The Milk And Honey Matter
12/29/53 #199 The Ben Bryson Matter (VG)
01/05/54 #200 The Fairway Matter (Repeat of 07/11/52)
01/12/54 #201 The Celia Woodstock Matter (Repeat of 03/03/51)
01/26/54 #203 The Beauregard Matter
02/02/54 #204 The Paul Gorrell Matter
02/09/54 #205 The Harpooned Angler Matter
02/16/54 #206 The Uncut Canary Matter
02/23/54 #207 The Classified Killer Matter
03/02/54 #208 The Road-Test Matter
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
(Early Years) Vol. 8
03/09/54 #209 The Terrified Tuan Matter
03/16/54 #210 The Berlin Matter
03/23/54 #211 The Piney Corners Matter
04/06/54 #213 The Sulphur & Brimstone Matter
04/13/54 #214 The Magnolia & Honeysuckle Matter
04/20/54 #215 The Nathan Swing Matter
04/27/54 #216 The Frustrated Phoenix Matter
05/04/54 #217 The Dan Frank Matter
05/18/54 #219 The Bilked Baroness Matter
05/25/54 #220 The Punctilious Firebug Matter (VG+)
06/01/54 #221 The Tempermental Tote Board Matter (Poor) (audio problems
throughout)
06/08/54 #222 The Sarah Dearing Matter
06/15/54 #223 The Patterson Transport Matter
06/29/54 #225 The Woodward Manila Matter (Repeat of 11/25/50)
07/06/54 #226 The Jan Brueghel Matter (Original listed as:
The Flowering Judas Matter)
07/13/54 #227 The Carboniferous Dolomite Matter (VG / Poor) (Many
clicks) (Dropouts)
07/20/54 #228 The Jeanne Maxwell Matter (Repeat of 03/06/53)
07/27/54 #229 The Radioactive Gold Matter (Original title:
The Golden Ring Matter) (VG)
08/03/54 #230 The Hampton Line Matter (Original Title: The
Nefarious Line Matter) (VG)
08/29/55 Audition Program The Trans-Pacific Matter w/Gerald
Mohr
Written by: E. Jack Neuman
(Script used is the same as 11/24/52 audition broadcast script.
Opening line: "Al Harper at Corinthian, Johnny...")