Who Took the Taxis for a Ride (1949-07-24) — Charles Russell
About This Broadcast
The disappearance of a fleet of taxi cabs leads Johnny into a much stranger hunt involving a coveted jewel, international criminals and a case deliberately echoing a famous hard-boiled mystery.
This Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar broadcast aired on July 24, 1949. It is listed as episode 11 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Charles Russell, Herb Butterfield, Jack Kruschen, Paul Dubov, and Lillian Buyeff. Other credited names include Norman Macdonnell as director, Paul Dudley as writer, Gil Doud as writer, and Alan Botzer as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 29 minutes.
A detective drama about freelance insurance investigator Johnny Dollar, whose expense-account narration carries him through fraud, theft, missing persons, and murder cases across several distinct starring eras.
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Alan Botzer
Charles Russell
Paul Dubov