With over a decade on-air, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar was one of the longest-running detective series on radio. It aired on CBS Radio for 15 minutes from 1948 to 1962, making it among the last series broadcast on air as the listeners' interest on radio started to wane during the 1960s.
Johnny Dollar, the series lead character, was an insurance investigator. Each episode began with a phone call from insurance executives, asking him to work on an unusual claim. This would then require Dollar to go on a journey across the United States, or sometimes on other countries. Each case he handled was referred to as a "matter," some instances of which were "The Forbes Matter," "The Silver Blue Matter," and "The Price of Fame Matter." Such titles and format were used throughout the series' run.
From a total of 811 episodes produced by the show, only 720 are still existing. It was the last radio program on what was known as the Golden Age of Radio.
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Synopsis |
| 1956-04-02 |
363 Salt City Matter |
Program #1. CBS net. "The Salt City Matter". Sustaining. Johnny is hired to find the notorious Ed Julian, and to keep him safe. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Roy Rowan (announcer), Barbara Fuller, Dick Ryan, Junius Matthews, Tony Barrett, Jean Tatum, Barbara Eiler, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Jack Edwards, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). |
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| 1956-04-04 |
365 Salt City Matter |
+ Program #3. CBS net. "The Salt City Matter". Sustaining. Johnny arrives in Salt City and knows that there's going to be trouble. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Roy Rowan (announcer), Barbara Fuller, Dick Ryan, Junius Matthews, Tony Barrett, Jean Tatum, Barbara Eiler, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Jack Edwards, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). |
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| 1956-04-05 |
366 Salt City Matter |
+ Program #4. CBS net. "The Salt City Matter". Sustaining. That hunch turns into action...and murder! The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, John Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Roy Rowan (announcer), Barbara Fuller, Dick Ryan, Junius Matthews, Tony Barrett, Jean Tatum, Barbara Eiler, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Jack Edwards, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor). |
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| 1956-04-06 |
367 Salt City Matter |
+ Program #5. CBS net. "The Salt City Matter". Sustaining. Love and hate...the usual ingredients for a big explosion. Conclusion of story. The system cue has been deleted. Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor), Barbara Eiler, Barbara Fuller, Barney Phillips, Bob Bailey, Dick Ryan, Jack Edwards, Jack Johnstone (director), Jean Tatum, John Dawson (writer), Junius Matthews, Lawrence Dobkin, Roy Rowan (announcer), Tony Barrett. |
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| 1956-04-09 |
368 Laird Douglasdouglas |
+ Program #1. CBS net. "The Laird Douglas Douglas Of Heatherscote Matter". Sustaining. An unusual case and a very unusual client. System cue deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director, writer), Jeanette Nolan, James McCallion, Hy Averback, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, Ken Christy, Bert Holland, Jack Edwards, Dick Ryan, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor). |
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| 1956-04-10 |
369 Laird Douglasdouglas |
+ Program #2. CBS net. "The Laird Douglas Douglas Of Heatherscote Matter". Sustaining. A doggy case...and this one begins to smell of murder! System cue deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director, writer), Jeanette Nolan, James McCallion, Hy Averback, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, Ken Christy, Bert Holland, Jack Edwards, Dick Ryan, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor). |
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| 1956-04-11 |
370 Laird Douglasdouglas |
+ Program #3. CBS net. "The Laird Douglas Douglas Of Heatherscote Matter". Sustaining. The joke's not funny when a killer trains his sights on Johnny. System cue deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director, writer), Jeanette Nolan, James McCallion, Hy Averback, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, Ken Christy, Bert Holland, Jack Edwards, Dick Ryan, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor). |
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| 1956-04-12 |
371 Laird Douglasdouglas |
+ Program #4. CBS net. "The Laird Douglas Douglas Of Heatherscote Matter". Sustaining. Things and people start to line up on the case, enough to blow things sky high! System cue deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director, writer), Jeanette Nolan, James McCallion, Hy Averback, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, Ken Christy, Bert Holland, Jack Edwards, Dick Ryan, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor). |
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| 1956-04-13 |
372 Laird Douglasdouglas |
+ Program #5. CBS net. "The Laird Douglas Douglas Of Heatherscote Matter". Sustaining. Conclusion of story. All the cards are on the table, and the deck was stacked right from the beginning! System cue deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director, writer), Jeanette Nolan, James McCallion, Hy Averback, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, Ken Christy, Bert Holland, Jack Edwards, Dick Ryan, Amerigo Moreno (musical supervisor). |
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