0:03

I hope

0:08

you will enjoy the trip, that

0:10

it will thrill you a little and

0:12

kill you a little. So

0:15

settle back, get a

0:17

good grip on your nerve. Where

0:20

are we going? You'll

0:22

find out when we get there. Present

0:32

for your listening enjoyment, Edmund

0:34

O'Brien as... Johnny

0:38

Dallin. Are you the

0:40

insurance detective? That's right, who's this? Johnny

0:43

Doe for now. Do you want to

0:45

crack the Calgary job? What?

0:48

Calgary products down in Camden.

0:50

300,000 payroll robbery on the first

0:52

of the month. This isn't

0:54

my kind of a gag. Try it on somebody else. Wait

0:57

a minute, wait a minute. This is no gag. Check

0:59

the Alliance Bonding Company in New York.

1:02

They've kept it out of the papers. If

1:06

you're interested, be at

1:08

the same phone tomorrow night at 10. I'll

1:11

call you. The

1:18

makers of Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum bring you

1:21

Edmund O'Brien in another adventure of the man

1:23

with the action-packed expanse account. America's

1:26

fabulous freelance insurance investigator... Yours

1:28

truly, Johnny Dallin. Expense

1:53

account submitted by special investigator Johnny

1:55

Dallin to Alliance Bonding Company, New

1:57

York City, New York. The

2:00

following is an accounting of my expenditures

2:02

during investigation of the Calgary

2:04

matter. Expense

2:08

account item one, ten dollars and fifty

2:10

cents, transportation for my Hartford apartment to

2:12

Alliance's Manhattan campus. Good

2:23

afternoon, sir. Hello, I think Mr. Matthews is

2:25

expecting me. The name is Dala? Oh

2:27

yes, Mr. Dala. That door. Just go

2:29

right in. Thank you. Yes. All

2:32

right, that'll be fine. That. All

2:35

right, I'll see you then. Sorry, but you can't hurry. A son, you

2:37

know. That's all right. I'm Johnny Dala,

2:39

Mr. Matthews. Yes, yes. So

2:41

I thought. Sit down, won't you? Yes, sir. Mills.

2:46

Yes, sir. I

2:48

have an ambulance. I'm sorry. I'm

2:51

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

2:54

sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm

2:56

sorry. Is

2:58

there a stock in that telephone call? I haven't had any idea. I

3:00

don't know anything about it. I've done a lot of thinking since you

3:02

phoned me about it. Of course, there's

3:04

nothing for us to do except follow it up. But

3:07

I can't help wondering if this man isn't a crank

3:09

or some guy. That's what I

3:11

thought, too, until you've borne out by telling

3:14

me there had been a robbery that had been held from the

3:16

press. Why has it been

3:18

kept a secret? Well, all concerned, thought

3:20

it was the best idea, and there's

3:22

a possibility that the group involved is the

3:24

same one that carried off the brink robbery.

3:27

But any publicity would only give away our hunt that

3:30

the same gang pulled both jobs. What

3:32

makes you think the brink crowd might have pulled this one?

3:34

Because of the way it was executed. Simple

3:37

perfection. The knowledge the

3:39

criminals had of our operations. You

3:41

see, one of our armored cars was to deliver

3:43

a cash deposit to the Barton Bank in Camden

3:45

to cover the Calgary Products payroll. The

3:48

truck simply didn't arrive. It

3:50

was found later, wrecked and empty. The

3:52

driver and the guards? They were found

3:54

three miles away, bound and gagged. Their

3:57

descriptions match those at breaks. and

4:00

so on. Yes, it

4:02

was perfection. They knew exactly when

4:04

and where. What

4:06

do you want me to do? I've talked it over

4:09

with the rest of the Alliance executives. We

4:11

want you to follow that call through, but we

4:14

must insist that you make every effort to maintain

4:16

the security we have established. Here are

4:18

the details. Expense

4:24

account item two, same as item one, transportation back

4:26

to Hartford. At 9.45 that night,

4:30

I was in my apartment waiting for the

4:32

promised call from John Doe. At

4:34

5 past 10, my phone rang. Johnny

4:39

Dollar. Stanley, three four, six

4:41

nine. Yes. One moment please. Philadelphia's

4:45

calling. Philadelphia. New

4:48

call to Hartford is ready. Go ahead please. Mr.

4:51

Dollar? Yeah. What did

4:53

you decide about the Calgary job? Well, what

4:55

happened to the man I talked with last night? He didn't

4:57

dare phone you tonight. He was afraid you'd be set up with

4:59

the police to trace the call. I haven't talked to the

5:01

police. Don't. You do it all off. He doesn't want

5:05

to be arrested. He wants to surrender to the

5:07

New Jersey District Attorney's men. The guy I

5:09

talked with last night? No. He wasn't involved with

5:11

Calgary. He was a friend of Charles.

5:14

You want to talk it over with him? Where? There's

5:17

a room reserved in the name of Charles

5:19

Randall at the Bransford Hotel in Bridgeport. Check

5:22

into it between 7 and 8 tomorrow

5:24

night. Sign the register Charles Randall, 7458

5:27

Walnut Drive, Boston. Look,

5:29

why doesn't

5:33

he just take my address and

5:35

come over here? He can't. Why

5:37

not? Bransford Hotel, Bridgeport. If

5:39

you're interested, be there. He

6:00

was walking across the allotted at a desk

6:02

cause I was the only man insider was

6:04

wearing a tie I wanted since I was

6:07

so out of place why that address had

6:09

been sick for a meeting that I assumed

6:11

was not supposed to attract attention my room

6:13

was in the area on the ground floor.

6:16

I'd no more than open the single window

6:18

to enter the room with the traces left

6:20

size previous tenant. When I was signal to

6:22

the door. Down.

6:30

And. Let. Him: come in. You

6:34

got a driver's license or something. better

6:36

than that? A private

6:39

operatives license, A

6:41

last. Thing. I

6:44

recognize your voice but I thought I said i'm

6:46

actually. Come. On we're going someplace

6:48

asked. Why? Because.

6:51

I'm not sure you and found it yet.

6:54

But I'll be sure we aren't going

6:56

to the Santa Clara. Were going. I.

6:59

Don't like it? Must be this.

7:02

You've. Got to believe me. He has to

7:04

be careful. He. Doesn't want to

7:06

kill. Was.

7:08

The matter? The gang busting as. A

7:11

man what started the troubles putting the loot

7:13

thousand. Don't. Bother with me. I

7:15

can't tell you anything because I don't know

7:17

anything. Believe. Me: I'm

7:20

only doing this to help him out.

7:23

Don't have to come. he don't want to. Were.

7:26

Doing them. You. Won't be

7:28

coming back here. Don't leave anything

7:31

but the keys to cause. Somebody.

7:33

Dies It. In our

7:35

I started, it's the greens who pays.

7:39

An. E. Know. To

7:45

the lobby as a rear door. My.

7:47

Card. We

7:54

drove without speaking, criss crossing town and

7:57

backtracking until he was satisfied. There were

7:59

no followers and. Them Out of town

8:01

and roughly an easterly direction. following the

8:03

shaw of Long Island Sound, I clocked

8:05

three and four ten miles on this

8:08

phenomenon, starting at the city limits. Then

8:10

he switched off the lights and turned

8:12

right into a pair of runs. Finally

8:14

we found so stop front of a

8:17

cabin never water. Much

8:23

as death. A couple of roots

8:25

and past. Ten.

8:31

Days. Here. Because

8:35

I saw. The first

8:37

thing that impressed me as I walk

8:39

into the Zimmerman was for you. She

8:41

didn't look much over twenty, in spite

8:44

of rather nondescript short brown hair and

8:46

a band of freckles across an Irish

8:48

knows. she was attractive. She was very

8:51

small and her violet eyes were very

8:53

frightened. And that

8:55

com, where's the man I'm gonna after.

8:57

The last. Who. Decided the last and

8:59

be better to didn't. Arrive at

9:02

a nap. I don't play this way our

9:04

to be made a fool or that you

9:06

want to criticism I've been stationed at. All

9:08

I've gotten for does invade phone calls, pointless

9:11

instructions, and a meeting in a crummy hotel

9:13

that's right out of time. Detective I, that

9:15

a Nazi yourself. How can I help you

9:17

when you don't give me anything? I don't

9:19

know anything and how can I help somebody?

9:22

Will runs away far as I know. he

9:24

doesn't even exist. Also.

9:32

Opens. Their children

9:34

murdered first. Episode.

9:41

Saigon. Take this as a. Get

9:45

it? Says it mattered was given

9:47

to apply. This way he told. You

9:49

on the phone. To be

9:51

arrested and sentenced to go directly to the District Attorney's

9:54

office. An agenda that a robbery This the missus. He

9:56

turned state's witness in. the

9:59

hands of the mean Promise

10:01

of immunity. It won't work. Any

10:04

promise like that destroys the value of testimony. Might

10:07

even bar it from the trial. It's

10:09

been done. It's never promised. You'll

10:11

have to take his chances on that. It doesn't have to

10:13

be public. You can try, can't you? Sure, I

10:15

can try it, but I won't get it. Anything

10:18

else? Yes. He

10:21

wants to be placed in protective custody until after

10:23

the trial. How

10:25

many other men were in on the job? He wouldn't tell

10:27

me. I can't tell you

10:29

anymore. Will you go to New Jersey? I'll

10:32

have to have two days. I

10:34

may not be able to see anybody tomorrow. All right. You'll

10:37

call your heart-fit number both nights at 10. You'll

10:41

have to go now. Please

10:43

be good. Don't

10:52

be ridiculous, dollar. That's one of the most

10:54

impertinent requests I've heard since I took office. Nothing personal,

10:56

Mr. Crier. I was asked to make it and I

10:58

did. Well, would

11:01

you see that he's placed under protective custody until

11:03

after the trial? Why should I grant

11:05

this criminal any favors? Well, if it means breaking the

11:07

Calgary manner, it seems to me a favor or two

11:09

would be worthwhile. We'll break it in due time. You

11:11

know where he is?

11:14

No, but I've been close. I may

11:16

be able to bring him in if I can get you a word

11:18

on a few of these things. We'll see. Would

11:20

you mind telling us where you've been operating?

11:23

You know I can't tell you that. These people are my clients

11:25

now, more or less. I have

11:27

to keep their conferences. Now,

11:29

what's your answer? Answer? Definitely

11:33

no immunity. Protective

11:36

custody? All

11:38

right. Yes, we'll assign a couple of men to

11:40

guard him. Okay, Mr. Crier. I'll see what I

11:42

can do with that. You'll

11:44

hear from me in a day or So. That

12:00

for is nice but again the

12:02

next com player ten fanbase as.

12:11

Much. As

12:14

it's no worse than I expected

12:16

to protection but no immunity. I

12:20

wanted to a happy with the situation and a

12:22

because they want to make an arrest themselves. Yeah,

12:26

Two men. Are watching my

12:28

building now. Like. I'm losing. You

12:30

still wanna negotiate? And

12:34

I. Asked.

12:38

Whether. We made. They

12:41

haven't had time. they will have you. Don't quit

12:43

stalling Guy asks. Us

12:47

as. Sachs.

12:51

Have to. I'll

12:56

be there are, let me tell you something, this

12:58

is the last trip gets amount of the die

13:00

and I can spend a summer during going. I

13:08

slipped out of heart set on the

13:10

second bridge beyond all the nails, all

13:12

of the road and sat there listening

13:14

to the night. I

13:17

sat there for an hour before anything happens.

13:41

My name is Dennis Mr. Ballmer.

13:45

The You: The one is. I'm

13:47

the one. Getting

13:50

things you've. You

13:55

cause quite a stir again. It's

13:57

yes, I understand, I've had that

13:59

cry. Time pays only those who write

14:01

about it and those who investigate. Are

14:04

you armed? No. But satisfy

14:06

yourself. The DA in Trenton, then by all means

14:08

the DA in Trenton, will be at the cottage

14:10

by the sound by and after you have delivered

14:12

me. It

14:17

wasn't a silent trick, but the subject

14:19

of our scattered conversation was always far

14:21

removed from the Calgary matter. Gannett's

14:24

only typically criminal attitude was one

14:26

of fear. He was never

14:28

satisfied that we weren't being followed. We

14:31

weren't. I learned that at

14:33

nine thirty the next morning when we pulled up in

14:35

front of the state building in Trenton. We

14:38

hadn't been followed. They were waiting

14:40

for him. Ow. Ow?

14:43

No. No, don't! No!

14:46

Ow! Ow! Ow!

14:50

Ow! Ow! Ow!

14:52

Ow! Ow! Ow!

14:56

Ow! Ow! Ow!

14:59

Ow! Ow!

15:04

Someone in the crowd, it was impossible to

15:06

know who shot Gannett to death and disappeared

15:08

in the confusion. It was

15:10

sudden and unexpected. More

15:13

unexpected, I think, than learning

15:15

after police identification that Gannett

15:18

admitted criminal was also Arnold

15:20

Gannett, L.L.D., professor of

15:22

law at Russell University, New Haven,

15:25

Connecticut. And

15:45

now with our star, Edmund O'Brien, we

15:47

return you to the second act of

15:50

yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Johnny

15:52

Dollar is the

15:54

home of the

15:56

Gannett. A

16:02

lot of answers died with Professor Arnold Gannett

16:04

on the sidewalk in front of New Jersey's

16:06

state building, but one had been

16:08

born at the same time. They

16:10

answered, Hawaii, the police of six states have

16:13

made no progress in the Calgary case. They've

16:16

been following usual procedures, carrying

16:18

out their investigations in criminal circles.

16:22

There was nothing for me in Trenton except the

16:24

possibility of a session of questioning by the district

16:27

attorney's men, so I faded out of sight and

16:29

started back toward the cottage on Long Island Sound.

16:32

Hello? Hi. Did it go all right?

16:41

No, it didn't. It

16:48

blew up. Nobody

16:55

was waiting for us in Trenton. He killed Gannett

16:58

as he got out of the car. I

17:02

thought we were careful enough. You were careful

17:04

here and in Boston, but nobody was following

17:06

you. They knew where he was going

17:08

and waited for him. How

17:10

did they find out? I don't know. He

17:13

never told me anything about this. Where's

17:16

the girl? She's asleep.

17:19

She stayed awake all night. I

17:22

don't know what this is going to do to her. She's

17:25

his wife. She'll

17:27

have to know him. You're right. It'll

17:30

be in the papers tomorrow, won't

17:32

it? She was going back

17:34

to New Haven in the morning, but

17:36

I can't do it. I don't

17:38

want to go in. I think you're better. I don't know who

17:41

you are, and so I don't want to lose track of you.

17:43

Come on in with me. Very well. Is

17:45

this Gannett? Mm-hmm. This

17:47

is Gannett. Oh, what

17:52

it is. He's

18:01

been trouble. Yes, there has. Where's

18:03

Arnold? He's dead,

18:05

Mrs. Gannon. No? He was

18:07

killed before he could surrender. I

18:09

want you to tell me who did it. I don't know. I

18:13

don't know. I

18:15

don't know. I

18:22

gave her an hour to get hold of herself. During

18:25

that time, I learned that the other man at the

18:27

cottage was Earl Becker of

18:29

Bridgeport and a gardener at Arnold Gannett

18:31

School, and closed a policeman and a

18:33

keeper of his statement. I

18:35

had known Arnold Gannett since he was a

18:37

student at Russell University. We

18:39

got to be good friends when we started to fish

18:41

the sound together. We didn't have anything

18:44

else in common. That sort of

18:46

thing draws men together. I

18:48

didn't know anything about the robbery until he

18:50

told me he was in on it. Oh,

18:53

he told me. When he asked me

18:55

to help him surrender, I said

18:58

I would. When

19:00

I returned to the cottage, Mrs. Gannett was

19:02

dry-eyed. Mrs.

19:07

Ellis, I appreciate what you've done.

19:09

You've tried to help us, and I know that you're not

19:11

to blame for anything. There's no way to stop him.

19:13

It's all finished now. I

19:15

want you to go back to Hertford. Oh, it's

19:17

not as simple as that. I put

19:19

myself out in a limb with a New Jersey district

19:21

attorney. I won't get off it

19:23

until this is cleared up. Are

19:26

you telling me the truth when you say you don't know

19:28

who your husband was teamed up with? I don't know.

19:31

He wouldn't tell me. He said it

19:33

was safer if I didn't know. What did

19:35

he tell you? Nothing until after it was all over.

19:38

Two weeks after. And I

19:40

knew he was awake at night because something was troubling

19:43

him. He couldn't lie

19:45

to me. Your husband was a brilliant

19:47

man, a doctor of letters. How'd

19:49

he get mixed up in this thing? In

19:52

Tuesday's he taught criminal psychology. Before

19:55

the end of the semester there was a last discussion

19:57

on the brink robbery in Boston. And

20:00

he thought he had the best theory of all. That

20:03

the men who Rob Brinks have never been criminals before?

20:05

Yes. And

20:08

were able to come back to their respectable lives and

20:10

hide in them. Did he offer

20:12

that theory to his classes? No. That's

20:15

what started it. He

20:17

couldn't get it out of his mind. He told you this?

20:20

Not until afterwards. It

20:22

grew into a challenge that he had to do something about. So

20:26

he did it. And

20:28

was successful. When

20:31

he told me, I made him promise to give

20:33

himself up. I

20:36

made him talk. I'm

20:39

sorry I have to keep after you, but there

20:41

are things I have to know. These

20:44

classes of his, how many students?

20:48

It was a large enrollment this year. There were hundreds.

20:51

Did your husband ever mention a man named Al? There

20:54

were so many. I can't remember. He

20:56

must have kept records. Where can I find a

20:58

list of his students? At our house in New Haven. I

21:01

know that we'll have to go there. I'll

21:04

be outside. Please let me

21:07

know as soon as you feel over the moon. By

21:17

now the time element had become important. I

21:20

knew that before long the police would be

21:22

swarming into Gannett's house and make my search

21:24

impossible. I also knew I'd be

21:26

dragged back to New Jersey for questioning. On

21:29

the way into town I tried to get some more

21:31

information from Mrs. Gannett, but no luck. She

21:33

apparently knew nothing of her husband's actions.

21:36

It was 6 p.m. when she opened the door

21:38

of Professor Gannett's office. Across

21:40

one wall stretched a row of file

21:43

cabinets, his records and lists

21:45

of students. I

21:47

never knew how many men's names start with the letters A and

21:49

L. In an hour Becker and I gathered from the night

21:51

of the day. 1949

22:01

and 50 enrollments some hundred names

22:03

from Allen to Alvin There

22:06

aren't any more here. What do

22:08

you do with a list like this? They

22:10

live all over the country Here's one from

22:12

Arizona, Nebraska, Florida. I don't think we'll have

22:15

to bother with them. You're Stopping

22:17

it. No, I Think

22:20

I found it which one Hey

22:23

that car check the window with you save its

22:25

police I Can't

22:29

talk to them now show me

22:31

the back way out of here with you this leads to the hall

22:36

But shall we tell them well don't lie yourself into

22:38

a trap tell them I just left you

22:41

don't know where I was going Have

22:53

you read the papers mr. Matthews Professor

22:55

Gannett. Yes, it's hard to believe you

22:58

knew him. Yes. I've met him.

23:00

I'm awfully sorry about this But

23:03

now you know how the robbery was carried

23:05

off with such perfection. Don't you? What

23:07

do you mean? You mentioned it yourself. They

23:10

knew exactly where the armored truck would be and

23:12

when Your son

23:14

Albert was a student of professor Gannett. What

23:17

are you? Wait a minute? Well, there are thousands of

23:19

students at Russell I don't know

23:21

of any other who has connections with a company

23:24

that was robbed I won't stand for the crime

23:26

was committed because of a fixation professor Gannett had

23:28

about the brink robbery He felt

23:30

he had to prove that respectable people could commit a

23:32

crime and get away with it He did it, but

23:35

he couldn't have without knowing where your truck

23:37

was going and approximately when it left, New

23:40

York Where

23:42

is your son? Strangely enough

23:44

this possibility had crossed my mind too, but

23:46

I just can't believe it. He Is

23:50

in his room packing for a canoe trip up in Vermont?

23:52

Which one is his room? I'll show

23:54

you come on. It's upstairs Your

23:57

suspicions are very strong. Yes, they are mr.

23:59

Matthews What have you learned about my

24:01

son? That his name is

24:03

Albert then there is no

24:05

proof. I don't know But

24:08

he would have no reason to do anything like

24:10

this. I have always given him everything he wanted

24:12

me But he's

24:14

a brilliant boy much too intelligent Here's

24:18

his rule May

24:23

we come in This

24:31

is mr. Dollar I'm the

24:33

investigator working on the Calgary man, oh Well

24:39

Excuse the room my stuffs all over the place.

24:41

I'm going up north. Where were you this

24:43

morning at nine o'clock? Why I What

24:49

is this where were you I Don't

24:52

see that it makes any difference it does Because

24:55

I was with Professor Arnold Gannett at nine

24:57

o'clock Before he was

24:59

killed he called to somebody named Al What

25:02

does he mean dad? I? Don't

25:05

understand mind if I look over your room For

25:08

what for a gun a 38 from the

25:10

sound of it the police will be

25:12

able to check the slugs that killed Gannett Dad

25:16

yes Albert Yeah,

25:18

I I Get it.

25:21

I Don't know why I I

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don't What I do. I

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don't know dad You're

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supposed to end like this Dad

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hi I Can't

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help you now son All

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right No,

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you don't it's no you I'm

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sorry, mr. Man I Just

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mr. Darling I'm

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sorry Albert

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Matthews statement by the time he had

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finished involved two other law students. They

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too were from families that should have not

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included criminals. And I

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wonder if Professor Gannett's unsuccessful experiment doesn't

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mean that the brink robbery, $2

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million, wasn't committed by persons now

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hiding behind respectable

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lies. His

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account total, $1,180. Yours

26:29

truly, Johnny Dollar. Yours

26:56

truly, Johnny Dollar, brought to you by

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Wrigley's Spearment Gum, stars Edmund O'Brien in

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the title role, and is written by

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Gil Dowd and David Ellis with music

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composed and conducted by Leif Stevens. Edmund

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O'Brien can soon be seen starring in

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the Columbia Pictures production, 7-Eleven, Ocean

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Drive. Featured in

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tonight's cast were Ted Osborn, Florence

27:18

Lake, Bill Boucher, Virginia Gregg, John

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Dana, and Terry Kilbert. Yours

27:23

truly, Johnny Dollar, is produced and directed

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by Jaime Delvais. We

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invite you to join us again

27:36

next week at the same time

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when, from Hollywood, Edmund O'Brien returns

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in another adventure of Yours Truly,

27:42

Johnny Dollar. Bob

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Stevenson speaking. This is CBS,

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the Columbia Broadcasting System. You