The Walter Winchell File

The Walter Winchell File
Genre Crime drama
Police drama
Anthology
Developed by Desilu Productions
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Jerry Thorpe
Presented by Walter Winchell
Theme music composer E.C. Norton
Country of origin USA
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 39
Production
Executive producer(s) Desi Arnaz
Producer(s) Bert Granet
Location(s) New York City
Running time 30 mins.
Production company(s) Desilu
Distributor Viacom
Paramount Television
CBS Paramount Television
CBS Television Distribution (current as of 2007)
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format 1.33:1 monochrome
Audio format monaural
Original release October 2, 1957 – March 28, 1958 (network)

The Walter Winchell File is the title of 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.

Among the guest stars was the child actor Dennis Holmes, who played 7-year-old Allie Marisch in the 1957 episode "Thou Shalt Not Kill."[1] Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr., was cast as "El Jefe" in the 1958 episode "The Stop-over".[2]

Other notable guest stars

References

  1. ↑ "Dennis Holmes". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ ""The Stop-over", the Walter Winchell File, March 28, 1958". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved February 12, 2014.


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