Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — 1949
33 episodes broadcast in 1949.
January 14, 1949
The Robert Perry Case
February 11, 1949
The Parakoff Policy
The series opener: a murder investigation draws Johnny to a beautiful young widow and the policy that made her rich.
Sent to Singapore to speed a tin shipment, Johnny lands among rivals all chasing the same mysterious prize.
The man Johnny is sent to guard is blown to bits on arrival, and a faithless beauty tops the suspect list.
A killing under the big top -- with snakes in the act -- puts Johnny to work at the circus.
A $2 million suicide-clause policy makes no sense on a man with everything to live for, so Johnny digs in.
A stolen-painting case in postwar London turns to murder.
April 8, 1949
The Case of the Foxy Terrier
A film star's legs are insured for a fortune, and stay lovely even after their owner is murdered.
A man missing seven years is about to be declared legally dead, until a fairy-tale menace surfaces.
July 17, 1949
Here Comes the Death of the Party
Johnny hunts a stolen treasure known as the Scarlet Madonna.
July 31, 1949
How Much Bourbon Can Flow Under the Bridgework
Working for a client named King Hart rather than an insurer, Johnny searches for someone gone missing.
August 14, 1949
How Not to Take a Vacation in Fairfax, Va
Johnny heads to Iowa on bodyguard duty -- for a prize-winning champion hog.
August 28, 1949
How I Turned a Luxury Liner to Battleshp
A stowaway and a leper colony pull Johnny into a Middle Eastern adventure.
A missing-person search in Boston turns up murder.
An insurance claim over a lost fishing boat proves anything but a simple catch.
At a Chicago racetrack, Johnny moves to stop a crook with too much horse sense.
Johnny takes on a doctor peddling a dangerously addictive brand of medicine.
A bail bondsman hires Johnny to track down two vanished witnesses.
A madman in San Francisco wages war on an insurer by murdering its policyholders one by one.
A South Seas assignment plunges Johnny into island intrigue.
Sent to Boston to guard a frail old lady, Johnny finds she is full of surprises.
Out West, Johnny traces where a gold mine's vanishing profits are going.
In Milwaukee, Johnny guards a wealthy woman stalked by an escaped lunatic.
A circus case in which a black leopard holds the key.
In the Caribbean, Johnny tries to keep a man from a death foretold by voodoo.
A department-store swindle in which the culprit is wearing a Santa suit.
December 31, 1949
You Lead a Diamond, Mother, and the Game Will Really Get Started
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