Bob Stevenson
Edmond O'Brien
Francis X. Bushman
Joseph Du Val
Martha Wentworth
Robert Griffin
Tony Barrett
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Detective Desk
Private eyes, hardboiled and soft.
24 episodes
Johnny Dollar Expenses
The man with the action-packed expense account.
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Suspense
A pyromaniac decides to assist his friend in a desperate situation by resorting to his dangerous obsession with fire. The stakes rise as he prepares to set a warehouse ablaze, believing it to be a solution to his friend's financial troubles.
Ep 652 · Tuesday, May 29, 1956 · 29:50
Let George Do It
George Valentine investigates the mysterious death of Douglas French, who is accused of being a coward and committing multiple murders. The case takes a dark turn as George uncovers the truth behind a threatening telegram from Emil Martinez.
Ep 158 · Monday, September 19, 1949 · 29:51
Broadway Is My Beat
Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Georgia Gray, a dancer found dead in a taxi dance ballroom. As he delves into the case, he uncovers a web of relationships and motives surrounding her tragic end.
Ep 61 · Saturday, April 28, 1951 · 29:30
Escape
An embezzler hides in French Polynesia, trying to escape his past and the relentless pursuit of his son. As he prepares to return to a life he once knew, the stakes rise when he realizes danger is still close at hand.
Ep 188 · Sunday, June 21, 1953 · 28:56
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Mr. Walker, a nervous plumber, hires Richard Diamond to investigate his suspicions about a chemist named Joseph Carter, but shortly after, Walker is murdered, leaving Diamond to unravel the mystery.
Ep 128 · Friday, March 28, 1952 · 29:31
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Ep 93 · Saturday, April 28, 1951 · 25:01
A $250,000 painting is stolen from a failing Boston art gallery. Possibly recorded March 23, 1950.
Ep 42 · Tuesday, March 28, 1950 · 30:01
There's been a $75,000 robbery in the Philippines, sending Johnny Dollar to Manila.
Ep 73 · Saturday, November 25, 1950 · 30:41
Johnny gets beat up by Las Vegas narcotics crooks while trying to pay a beneficiary $5000. The program was possibly recorded April 1, 1950.
Ep 46 · Tuesday, April 25, 1950 · 30:01
Johnny tracks down the missing wife of a Bridgeport millionaire.
Ep 85 · Saturday, March 3, 1951 · 30:00
The show has moved from Fridays to Tuesdays. Alec Jefferson, a youthful millionaire, has disappeared in California. Was it murder? "They were drilling for oil, what they struck
Ep 39 · Tuesday, March 7, 1950 · 29:27
Johnny signs on as a sailor to prevent an insurance fraud on a ship full of rubber.
Ep 35 · Friday, February 10, 1950 · 30:03
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Episode 56
The Belo-Horizonte Railroad
Thursday, July 6, 1950 · 30:00
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There have been strange "accidents" on a Brazilian railroad.
1950
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Gunsmoke
The Karp brothers rob a bank in Dodge City and take Kitty hostage, forcing Marshal Matt Dillon to confront them to save her life. Tensions rise as the situation escalates and time runs out.
Ep 276 · Sunday, July 21, 1957 · 21:58
Bold Venture
Slate Shannon and his companion Sailor return to Havana after a failed cargo pickup in Key West, only to find themselves entangled in a deadly plot involving arms and revolutionaries.
Ep 1 · Monday, March 26, 1951 · 27:22
An ex-con offers Johnny a deal on the recovery of big money from a bank job...which gets Johnny two bullets and a hospital bed.
Ep 143 · Friday, January 2, 1953 · 27:02
Chapman's a hardened businessman in financial trouble. He's suspected of burning his own building down for some quick insurance cash.
Ep 140 · Friday, December 12, 1952 · 29:16