The Cronin Matter - Ep 1

From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Joe Parker Johnny sure a mutual. Oh hi Joe. What's on your mind a gorgeous doll named Dolly McLean Sure the champagne dream girl dancing darling of the roaring 20s Finally married Barnaby Cronin didn't she right and for a wedding present. He bought it's a circle of fire

Oh, yeah, one of the five most beautiful necklaces in the world diamonds and emeralds worth a half a million It's been lying in a bank vault for the last ten years since Barnaby died. We carry the insurance.

So? She's coming on a seclusion, Johnny, giving a party. Just like the old day, she says. We go on for a week. And she's going to wear the circle of fire. Uh-oh. Get the picture.

Gallows a champagne, everything mixed up, crazy. Little bucks around her neck. Target. You've got a problem, Joe. Johnny, we've got a problem. Problem. Tonight and every weekday night, Bob Bailey and the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly? Johnny Dollar. Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar to the home office, surety, mutual, and trust company, Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an accounting of my expenditures during investigation of the Cronin matter.

Item $1, $14.80, transportation to New York to the apartment of America's one-time dream girl, one time a long time ago. How do you do? I'm Johnny Dollar. I believe Mrs. Cronin is expecting me. I'm Mrs. Cronin, and yes, I am expecting you. Won't you come here?

Oh, thanks. I did have butlers and maids and such for years. Scads of them. But since Barnaby passed away, I've just hibernated. You might say, Oh, in here, Mr. Dollar. Thank you. Ten years now in the same little apartment.