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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. October 13, 1955. Part 4. CBS network. "The Molly K Matter." Sustaining. A complaint is filed against Johnny with the Harbor Police. Benny Wong is scared, armed, and dangerous. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Les Crutchfield (writer), Jack Johnstone (director), Virginia Gregg, James McCallion, Peter Leeds, Hy Averback, Barney Phillips, Vic Perrin. 15:01.
Dragnet. June 29, 1950. Program #55 NBC "The Big Grab." Sponsored by Fatima. Professor Kessell's wife has been kidnapped. The show features a moving scene of a Seder. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:29.
Gunsmoke. September 26, 1953. CBS network origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Fawn." Mrs. Phillips returns to civilization after being a captive of the Indians for ten years. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on April 4, 1959. William Conrad, Parley Baer, Georgia Ellis, Howard McNear, Helen Kleeb, Edgar Barrier, John Dehner, Lawrence Dobkin, Leo Curley, John Meston (writer), Norman Macdonnell (director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), George Walsh (announcer). 1/2 hour.
X Minus One. May 8, 1955. NBC "Mars Is Heaven." Sustaining. The first Earthmen to arrive on Mars find some very familiar sights and even more familiar people. The script was previously used on on "Escape" on June 2, 1950, on "Dimension X" on July 7, 1950, and January 7, 1951, and subsequently on "Future Tense" during July, 1976. The "Dimension X" program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" during September, 1973. William Zuckert, Bill Lipton, Margaret Berlin, William Griffis, Ken Williams, Ethel Everett, Edwin Jerome, Ray Bradbury (author), Wendell Holmes, Peter Capell, Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), William Welch (producer), Fred Weihe (director), Fred Collins (announcer). 28:52.
The Theatre Guild On The Air. November 3, 1946. ABC, KECA, Los Angeles aircheck. "The Last Of Mrs. Cheyney." Sponsored by United States Steel. A British drawing room comedy about an attempted theft of pearls by a not-quite-a-lady, and the amusing aftermath. The series is also known as, "The United States Steel Hour." Roger Pryor (host), Norman Brokenshire (announcer), Frederick Lonsdale (author), Gertrude Lawrence, Ralph Forbes, Bramwell Fletcher, Phillip Tong, Cynthia Latham, James Truex, Dorothy L. Sayers, Reynolds Evans, Catherine Emmett, Cathleen Cordell, Gordon Fraser (commercial spokesman), Homer Fickett (director), Theresa Helburn (supervisor), Lawrence Langner (supervisor), Carol Irwin (production executive), Armina Marshall (executive director of the radio department), Harold Levey (composer, conductor), Robert Cenedella (adaptor). 59:20.
Pete Kelly's Blues. September 12, 1951. Program #13. NBC, Sustaining. Dr. Jonathan Budd is on the run from "The Dutchman," who plans to kill him. Pete Kelly tries to help. Good radio. Dick Cathcart (cornet), Jack Webb, Joe Eisinger (writer), Matty Matlock. 29:24.
Pat Novak For Hire. April 9, 1949. Program #4. ABC network origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Going on an errand for a friend, Pat gets a beating, a package, and a corpse or two, or three. Jack Webb. 30:22.