Podcasts Arts Performing Arts Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) Episode 187 - Edmond's Expenses (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)

Episode 187 - Edmond's Expenses (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar)

Published: Sept. 11, 2016, 4 a.m.

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Edmond O\\u2019Brien puts the \\u201caction\\u201d in the \\u201caction-packed expense account\\u201d of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. The Academy Award-winning actor starred as the freelance insurance investigator from 1950 until 1952. O\\u2019Brien\\u2019s tough style \\u2013 honed in film noir performances \\u2013 brought a hard edge to Dollar, a character that had been decidedly lighter in the hands of Charles Russell. His run as Johnny Dollar has cemented Edmond O\\u2019Brien as a fan favorite of the many actors to play the gumshoe. We\\u2019ll hear O\\u2019Brien as Dollar in \\u201cThe Caligio Diamond Matter\\u201d (originally aired on CBS on June 8, 1950) and \\u201cThe Calgary Matter\\u201d (originally aired on CBS on July 13, 1950).

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