id="product_info"> LEADING ROLE OF 'JOHNNY DOLLAR' PLAYED BY VARIOUS ACTORS OVER 14-YEAR RUN: Dick Powell Starred in 1948 One audition episode only Appearance on Vol 1 Charles Russell Starred in 1949 - 1950 Episodes #1-34 Appearances on Vol 1 Edmond O'Brien Starred in 1950 - 1952 Episodes #35 - 139 Appearances on Vol 1 - 2 - 3 John Lund Starred in 1952 - 1954 Episodes #140 - 232 Appearances on Vol 3 - 4 Gerald Mohr Starred in 1955 One Audition Episode Appearances on Vol 4 Bob Bailey Starred in 1955 - 1960 Episodes #233 - 716 Appears on Vol 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 Bob Readick Starred in 1960 - 1961 Episodes #717 - 744 Appearances on Vol 11 Mandel Kramer Starred in 1961 - 1962 Episodes #745 - 811 Appearances on Vol 11 - 12 Detective Show (1948-1962) "The freelance investigator with the action-packed expense account ..." Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was one of the longest running radio detective shows, with 14 years of intrigue and adventure. It was well received and became one of the last drama on the air when radio interests waned in the 1960s. Johnny Dollar worked for the Universal Adjustment Bureau, flying from Mexico to swamps to California ghost towns. He would recover furs and diamonds for a cut of the goods, bodyguard wealthy men, and climb into the deathly Skull Canyon. All stories included mystery and murder, slipping listeners to the edge of their seats with teeth a clicking on the fingernails. Like most fictional private eyes, Johnny Dollar had a well developed personal sense of right and wrong, but "right" usually aligned itself with the interests of his insurance company clients. Not that he ever had a problem working in as many creative elements as he could into the expense account. Johnny narrated the shows as if they were expense accounts sent to his employer. A clever way of narration, it always began, "expense account, item one," with him telling about cab fare, then went on through the air fare , his trip across the country, and so on through the adventure. At the end of the show, he would finish his expense report and sign it, "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar." Nothing was too small for the account, including a nickel for aspirin or the two cents that Johnny felt like if he followed a wrong lead. The basic premise remained the same throughout the run, although writers and actors changed through the years . One of the "best Johnny Dollars" was Bob Bailey from 1955 through 1960. At the beginning of Bailey 's tenure, radio serial veteran Jack Johnstone produced and directed the program. For a little over a year (beginning in October 1955 [Vol 4]), the series aired as a fifteen minute serial and was broadcast five times a week. Although these would seem to be shorter programs, the 15 minute format allowed for week long story arcs. Writers now had 75 minutes of storytelling time to work with, and the result was some of the best drama from the golden age of radio. It later returned to half hour shows. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar aired for the last time on September 30, 1962, just before the final episode of Suspense . This was the last broadcast of the Golden Age Of Radio. For more top investigators, see also Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator , Broadway is My Beat , Dragnet , Fat Man , Nero Wolfe , and Pat Novak for Hire . See also: Hardboiled Detectives Collection.
Track Listing
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- YTJD 481207 000 Aud Dick Powell Milford Brooks Iii
- YTJD 490114 aud Audition Show
- YTJD 490218 001 Perikoff Policy
- YTJD 490218 001 R Perikoff Policy Rehearsal
- YTJD 490225 003 Slow Boat From China Fuzzy Sound
- YTJD 490304 004 Robert W Perry
- YTJD 490311 005 Murder Is A Merrygoround
- YTJD 490325 006 Milford Brooks III
- YTJD 490401 007 Stolen Portrait
- YTJD 490415 009 100000 Dollar Legs
- YTJD 490422 010 Barton Drake
- YTJD 490724 012 Who Took Taxis For A Ride
- YTJD 490807 014 Murder Aint Minor
- YTJD 490821 016 Out Of Fire Into Frying Pan
- YTJD 490904 018 Expiring Nickels And Egyptian Jacket
- YTJD 490925 019 Search For Michelle Marsh
- YTJD 491001 020 Fishing Boat
- YTJD 491008 021 Racehorse Piledriver
- YTJD 491015 022 Dr Otto Schmedlich
- YTJD 491022 023 Witness Witness Whos Got Witness
- YTJD 491029 024 Little Man Who Wasnt All There
- YTJD 491105 025 Island Of Tin Yutan
- YTJD 491112 026 Melanie Carter And Unnice Niece
- YTJD 491126 027 Skulduggering In Skull Canyon Mine
- YTJD 491203 028 Bodyguard To Anne Connelly
- YTJD 491210 029 Circus Animal Show
- YTJD 491217 030 Portauprince Haiti
- YTJD 491224 031 How I Played Santa Claus
- YTJD 500107 033 Press Asbestos Dinner Jacket Mom Going Smoke
- YTJD 500203 035 Death Takes A Working Day
- YTJD 500210 036 Ss Malay Trader
- YTJD 500217 037 Gravediggers Spades Aka Mr And Mrs Trump
- YTJD 500224 038 Archeologist
- YTJD 500303 039 Robert W Perry
- YTJD 500307 040 Rebel Wildcatters Inc Hissy
- YTJD 500314 041 Eightyfive Little Minks
- YTJD 500321 042 R Man Who Wrote Himself To Death Rehearsal
- YTJD 500328 043 Village Scene
- YTJD 500404 044 Big Red School House
- YTJD 500411 045 Dead First Helpers
- YTJD 500418 046 R Story Of Tenoheight Rehearsal
- YTJD 500425 047 Pearl Carrasa
- YTJD 500502 048 R Abel Tackett Rehearsal
- YTJD 500509 049 Harold Trandem
- YTJD 500516 050 R Sidney Rykoff Rehearsal
- YTJD 500523 051 Earl Chadwick
- YTJD 500530 052 Portauprince Haiti
- YTJD 500608 053 Collegio Diamond
- YTJD 500615 054 Arrowcraft
- YTJD 500622 055 London
- YTJD 500629 056 Barbara James
- YTJD 500706 057 Belo Horizonte Railroad
