The Walter Winchell File (1957)

Directed by

Jacques Tourneur

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 38 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A columnist narrates crime stories based on real New York Police Department cases reported in a newspaper. Each episode dramatizes the investigation and resolution of a different criminal incident.

periodnoirishproceduralbriskgrittydramaticfact-based

What happens

The Walter Winchell File is a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's Bat Masterson. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957–1958 season (sponsored by Revlon), and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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