The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of an unidentified woman found in a vacant lot, apparently the victim of chloroform poisoning. With no identification and little evidence beyond a chloroform-soaked handkerchief, the case takes an unusual turn when a stranger walks into police headquarters and insists that he murdered her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 5, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:
Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
Herb Ellis as Frank Smith
Vic Perrin
Gil Stratton
Jack Kruschen
Script by Jim Moser
Music by Walter Schumann
Technical advice from the office of LAPD Chief W. H. Parker
Technical advisors: Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher
Hal Gibney, announcer
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Today’s Mystery: Danny Clover investigates the murder of Joey Croft, a Coney Island carnival operator found stabbed and buried in the sand. Suspicion falls on Fred Moore, a recently released ex-con who blamed Joey for sending him to prison, but finding Moore only draws Danny deeper into the tangled relationships of several people from their old carnival days.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 23, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Credits:
Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
Alvina Temple as Letty Scott
Lou Merrill as Mr. Zabrowski
Paula Victor as Nora Forrest
Herb Vigran as Ray Kendall
Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
Music composed and conducted by Alexander Courage
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Today's Mystery: Young journalism student Don Morrissey is determined to prove he has what it takes to become a full-time reporter for his hometown newspaper in quiet Elkhorn, Wisconsin. His opportunity arrives when three supposed fishermen crash their car into a telephone pole, and Don’s suspicions about the strangely anxious travelers lead him to test whether their fishing story holds water.

Original Radio Broadcast:February 4, 1953

Originating in New York

Cast:
Michael O'Day as Don Morrissey
Cameron Prudhomme
Mandel Kramer
Maurice Gosfield
Harold Huber
Tom Collins
John McGovern
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Today's Mystery: The Saint becomes involved when a blackmailer calls him to give a father a demand for ransom.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1950.

Originating from Hollywood
Vincent Price as Simon Templar / The Saint
Peggy Webber
Gloria McMillan
Maggie Morley
Ted Osborne
Theodore von Eltz
Larry Dobkin
Don Stanley, announcer
Script by Dick Powell

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Dangerous Assignment — “Guided Missile Plans”
Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the suspected courier leads him through England, where two deaths and a series of seemingly innocent picture postcards provide his best hope for locating the missing plans before someone else gets to them.Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Picture Postcard Matter”
Johnny Dollar travels to Switzerland after $100,000 in uncut diamonds are stolen from a courier at the Zurich airport. His only lead is a mysterious informant offering to arrange their return, but Johnny soon finds himself caught between competing players while a picture postcard offers a cryptic clue to where the diamonds may be hidden.Original Radio Broadcast Dates:
Dangerous Assignment: August 30, 1950.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: October 1–5, 1956.
Both programs are originating from HollywoodCast — Dangerous Assignment:
Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell
Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner
Written by Robert Reif (Bob Reif)
Music by Basil Adlam
Music conducted by Ralph Hollenbeck
Produced and directed by Bill Karn
Cast — Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar:
Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Lucille Meredith
Victor Perrin
Forrest Lewis
Stan Jones
Ben Wright
Written by Robert Reif
Produced and directed by Jack Johnstone
Musical supervision by Amerigo Marino
Roy Rowan, announcer
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