The Walter Winchell File

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, 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."

The Walter Winchell File
The Walter Winchell FileSeries

Details

First aired
2 Oct 1957
Seasons
2
Episodes
38
  • TMDB 7.5
Last aired
27 Jul 1959
Status
Ended
Network
ABC
Episode runtime
30 min
Countries
  • US
Original language
en
Original title
The Walter Winchell File
Writers
Lawrence Resner

Series