Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
CBS
CBS · 1948–1962
Broadcasts
842
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1948
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1948–1962
- Surviving broadcasts
- 842
- Genre
- detective
For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar".
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 15 years on the air, with 6 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.
- 1. Milford Brooks III (Dick Powell Audition) · 7 Dec 1948
- 2. Witness, Witness, Who's Got the Witness · 22 Oct 1949
- 3. The Sidney Rykoff Matter (Unedited Drama Portions) · 16 May 1950
- 01
Milford Brooks III (Dick Powell Audition)
7 Dec 1948 · 29 min
- 02
Witness, Witness, Who's Got the Witness
22 Oct 1949 · 29 min
- 03
The Sidney Rykoff Matter (Unedited Drama Portions)
16 May 1950 · 26 min
- 04
The Mickey McQueen Matter
14 Apr 1951 · 25 min
- 05
The Walter Patterson Matter
26 Dec 1952 · 27 min
- 06
The Stanley Price Matter
1 Sep 1953 · 29 min
- 07
The Punctilious Firebug Matter
25 May 1954 · 30 min
- 08
The Valentine Matter - Ep 1
31 Oct 1955 · 14 min
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CBS in 1948–1962
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