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Mister District Attorney

Crime Drama

Broadcast History:

Cast:   Dwight Weist as Mr. District Attorney (serial version, 1939), a fearless crusader for justice and truth.  Raymond Edward Johnson as Mr. District Attorney,  ca. 30m shows,  1939.  Jay Jostyn as Mr. District Attorney ca. 1940-52.  David Brian as Mr. District Attorney, 1952 Ziv syndication.  Vicki Vola as the DA's secretary, Miss (Edith) Miller, 1939-52.  Walter Kinsella in various police roles in the early run, then as Len Harrington, the ex-cop turned DA's investigator.  Len Doyle as Harrington from ca. 1940.  Eleanor Silver and Arlene Francis as Miss Rand.   Maurice Franklin as the "Voice of the Law" that opened the show.   Jay Jostyn also as the "Voice."   Supporting players from New. York radio:  Frank Lovejoy, Joan Banks, Paul Stewart, etc.
Orchestra: Peter Van Steeden (who composed the stirring theme);   also:  HarrySalter.
Creator-Writer-Director:  Ed Byron.
Co-creator-Writer: Phillips H. Lord.
Writers:  Jerry Devine, Finis Farr, Harry Herman, Robert J. Shaw, etc.

Mr. District Attorney was for many years the nation's best-liked crime show.  It was inspired by the exploits of Thomas E. Dewey, New York's racket-busting DA of the late '30s, whose front-page war against racketeers and corruption swept him into the governor's office and culminated in two serious runs for the presidency.

The radio character was created by Ed Byron, one-time staffer at WLW, Cincinnati, who had given up law studies for a career on the air, Phillips H. Lord, venerable radio man and producer of Gang Busters, had coined the Mr. District Attorney title and had worked with Byron on a serial based on Dewey's colorful career.  Byron then bought the title, agreeing to credit Lord and pay him royalties on the subsequent series.  Throughout the long run, the DA remained unnamed:  he answered to the title "Mister District Attorney" or, in conversation with his sidekick Harrington and his secretary 'Miss Miller, to "Chief" or "Boss."  The show was a dynamic departure, propelled by Byron's almost uncanny instinct for scooping the news.

 

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Name File(s) MB H:M:S kbps Hz Channel mode
MISTERDISTRICTAT 72 430.96 31:23:04 ~ 31    
..MisterDistrictAttorney___$100,000Check   3.48 15:12 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___15YearOldTrail   6.47 28:16 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___1stShow1939   3.40 14:51 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___ALaCarteMurder   6.84 29:54 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___AmateurMurderers   5.52 24:07 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___AssassinInTheDark   5.28 23:04 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___BankKiller   6.11 26:42 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___BlackmailMurder   6.46 28:15 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___BloodHarvest   6.11 26:43 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___BodyOnTheFreightTrain   6.10 26:38 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___BridalPathMurders   6.28 27:26 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___CannedDeath   6.49 28:21 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___CharityKiller   6.16 26:55 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___CharityNeverAgain   5.68 24:49 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___ChurchSocialStabbings   5.46 23:50 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___Comic   5.34 23:21 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___CopKiller   6.04 26:25 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___CountryClubMurder   6.21 27:09 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___DeadlyDevotion   6.01 26:15 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___DeadlySnowflake   5.93 25:54 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___DeadReporter   6.10 26:40 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___DeathByAdoption   6.09 26:37 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___DesertKiller   6.08 26:34 CBR 32 22050 Joint Stereo
..MisterDistrictAttorney___ForgeryProofNote   6.97 30:28 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___FreePlay   6.13 26:47 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___FryingPanMurder   6.12 26:44 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___GoodSamritan   5.24 22:54 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___GreatWhiteWayMusicCompany   4.97 21:42 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___HiddenMoneyKiller   6.44 28:10 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___HijackKiller   6.11 26:41 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___Hit&RunKiller   6.14 26:49 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___HotRodKilling   6.08 26:35 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___HungryHobo   6.56 28:39 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___HungryKiller   6.28 27:25 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___IHateKillers   6.15 26:53 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___JoyRideMurder   6.55 28:37 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___JuryKiller   6.74 29:27 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___KnifingInThePark   5.96 26:03 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___LaborPirates   6.80 29:43 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___LadyGamblers   6.09 26:36 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___LandSwindleMurder   6.15 26:52 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___LastMile   3.50 15:18 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___LivingDeadMan   6.40 27:59 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___Lovers'LaneKillings   5.29 23:06 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___ManWhoConfessed   6.15 26:53 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___ManWithTheGoldTeeth   6.09 26:36 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MissingCorpse   6.18 27:01 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MissingDoctor   6.24 27:15 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MoneyMachine   6.75 29:30 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___Mother'sHelper(lastJostynShow)   7.01 30:37 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MotorcycleClubKiller   6.17 26:57 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MovingVanMurders   5.79 25:17 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MrStanley'sFixedJury   6.05 26:25 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MurderessJunkman   5.33 23:17 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MurderousHitchiker   6.49 28:21 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MurderSyndicate   6.28 27:27 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___MuseumMystery   6.70 29:15 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___OhioKid   3.32 14:30 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___OneSlipMeantDeath   5.80 25:20 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___ParkMurders   5.75 25:08 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___PreviewMurder   6.25 27:19 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___PyromaniacMurder   6.42 28:03 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___RhythmAndRhymeMurder   6.83 29:52 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___Set-upForRe-entry   6.88 30:04 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___SilentKiller   5.21 22:47 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___SpringFever   6.75 29:30 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___StaircaseKiller   6.18 27:01 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___SupermarketKiller   6.36 27:46 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___ThievesFallOut   5.40 23:36 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___UnknownSource   6.37 27:50 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___VanishingRunner   6.46 28:13 CBR 32 22050 Mono
..MisterDistrictAttorney___WoundedKiller   5.45 23:48 CBR 32 22050 Mono
73 Object(s) 72 430.96 31:23:04 ~ 31    

 

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