Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Single Episodes - Edmond O'Brien


(4.7 stars; 17 reviews)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a captivating radio series that follows the adventures of Johnny Dollar, America’s freelance insurance investigator. This collection features episodes starring Edmond O'Brien, who brought his unique flair to the role. The series originally aired from 1949 to 1962, with a brief hiatus in 1954-1955, and is known for its engaging storytelling and memorable characters.

Johnny Dollar is characterized by his action-packed expense accounts, which he famously concludes with the phrase, "End of report... Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar." The show stands out for its innovative format, where Johnny often provides background information and personal insights during his expense account narrations. Over the years, several actors portrayed Johnny Dollar, but O'Brien's episodes remain a highlight for fans of the series.

With a mix of drama, intrigue, and humor, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar continues to be celebrated as one of the finest detective series of the Golden Age of Radio.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

Death Takes a Working Day 30:00
The S.S. Malay Trader Ship 30:03
The Gravedigger's Spades 30:05
The Archeologist (The Disappearance of Bruce Lambert) 30:27
Bodyguard to the Late Robert W Perry 29:01
Alec Jefferson, The Youthful Millionaire 29:27
The Eighty-Five Little Minks 30:00
The Man Who Wrote Himself to Death 26:32
The Village Scene Matter 30:00
The Story of the Big Red Schoolhouse 30:02
The Dead First-Helpers 29:26
The Story of the Ten-O-Eight 30:02
Pearl Carrasa 30:00
The Able Tackitt Matter 28:30
The Harold Trandem Matter 29:59
The Sidney Rykoff Matter 26:59
The Earl Chadwick Matter 29:39
The Port-au-Prince Matter 29:42
The Caligio Diamond Matter 30:00
The Arrowcraft Matter 29:55
The London Matter 30:00
The Barbara James Matter 29:59
The Belo-Horizonte Railroad 30:00
The Calgary Matter 29:28
The Henry J Unger Matter 30:00
The Blood River Matter 30:02
The Hartford Alliance Matter 31:40
The Mickey McQueen Matter 30:02
The Trans-Pacific Import Export Company, South China Branch Matter 29:34
The Virginia Beach Matter 29:37
The Howard Caldwell Matter 28:48
The Richard Splain Matter 30:53
The Yankee Pride Matter 30:00
The Jack Madigan Matter 30:02
The Joan Sebastian Matter 29:25
The Queen Anne Pistols Matter 30:02
The Adam Kegg Matter 28:39
The Nora Falkner Matter 30:00
The Woodward, Manila, Matter 30:40
The Leland Blackburn Matter 28:10
The Port-O-Call Matter 30:39
The David Rockey Matter 30:00
The Jarvis Wilder Matter 30:02
The Celia Woodstock Matter 30:00
The Stanley Springs Matter 30:02
The Byron Hayes Matter 30:00
The Jackie Cleaver Matter 30:29
The Edward French Matter 25:02
The Mickey McQueen Matter 25:09
The Willard South Matter 25:02
The Month-End Raid Matter 25:00
The Virginia Towne Matter 24:49
The Lillis Bond Matter 29:02
The Soderbury, Maine Matter 23:00
The George Farmer Matter 25:02
The Arthur Boldrick Matter 25:00
The Malcolm Wish, MD Matter 30:02
The Hatchet House Theft Matter 30:00
The Alonzo Chapman Matter 30:02
The Fair-Way Matter 30:00
The Neal Breer Matter 29:36
The Horace Lockhart Matter 30:02
The Lucky Costa Matter 30:00
The Leland Case Matter 29:02
The Cuban Jewel Matter 30:00
The Protection Matter 30:02
The Douglas Taylor Matter 30:00
The Millard Ward Matter 27:29
The Tolhurst Theft Matter 30:02
The Hannibal Murphy Matter 30:00
The Birdy Baskerville Matter 30:02
The Merrill Kent Matter 30:15
The Youngstown Credit Group Matter 30:00
The Maynard Collins Matter 25:34
The Alma Scott Matter 28:02
The Glen English Matter 27:00
The Amelia Harwell Matter 30:02
The Hartford Alliance Matter 31:44

Reviews

A pleasant surprise


(5 stars)

Very well written shows with great performance by the various main characters, though Edmond O'Brien is my favourite. Although otr was for the most part pre television the production values are very high. I always thought that it was only the BBC who could produce programmes of high quality, but so many otr programmes speak to the contrary: 21st Precinct, Dragnet, CBS Theatre (a bit later), Richard Diamond etc, etc.

This is as hard boiled as Johnny Dollar ever got


(5 stars)

If you like hard boiled noir, then this is the Johnny Dollar for you. I like Bob Bailey best, but these are done very well. Edmond O'Brien does a good job as the hard boiled Johnny. No fear, no favor, very little remorse, just a little bit of sympathy.

Thanks for sharing!


It's tought to do a mystery story in only 30 minutes, imo, but there are some very good episodes here. My top 5 (not in order): The S.S. Malay Trader The Eighty-Five Little Minks The Trans-Pacific Export Matter The Coligio Diamond Matter The Amelia Harwell Matter

Good Show. Good Audio On All Actors.


(5 stars)

Edmund O'Brien is a nicer JD than Bob Bailey.

Those "unedited" programs


(5 stars)

Sound like they were rehearsals.

Overall - Edmond O'Brien


(5 stars)

I think that Edmond O'Brien is the best of the detective noire Johnny Dollars'


(5 stars)

very well read and gentle interesting story lines.

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FYI: Replaced files on this page from the Version 2 Release. For the full OTRR Release, see the OTRR Certified page: <a href="https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Certified_Yours_Truly_Johnny_Dollar" rel="ugc nofollow">OTRR Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar</a> - Old Time Radio Researchers Group