NINE DOLLARS AND SIX CENTS

Originally broadcast on WDCB
Saturday, March 28, 2009

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (10-15 thru 19-1956 and 10-22 thru 25-1956) “The Phantom Chair Matter” starring Bob Bailey as the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance insur­ance investigator. This is an unusual nine-part story, played Monday thru Friday of the first week and Monday thru Thursday of the second week. Each episode is approximately 14 minutes. Dollar investigates the disap­pearance of a stockbroker and a missing $120,000. Cast: Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Forrest Lewis, Vic Perrin, Michael Ann Barrett, Richard Crenna, Don Diamond, Jack Edwards, Ben Wright. Sustaining, CBS. Complete story runs about 126 minutes.

THE WHISTLER (2-19-50) “Five-Cent Call.” A private investigator makes a telephone call to a client and hears an argument and gun­shots. Cast: Bill Forman as The Whistler, with Gerald Mohr, Virginia Gregg, Betty Lou Gerson. Signal Oil, CBS. (29 min)

PHILO VANCE (7-12-49) “The One Cent Murder Case” starring Jackson Beck as S. S. Van Dyne’s detective. The owner of a penny arcade blackmails a former employee who is going to Hollywood. Syndicated. (27 min).