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	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer	Desi Arnaz
Producer	Bert Granet
Production location	New York City
Running time	30 mins.
Production company	Desilu
Original release
Network	ABC
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." Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., was cast as "El Jefe" in the 1958 episode "The Stop-over".

Other notable guest stars

• Dan Blocker
• Charles Bronson
• Mike Connors
• James Drury
• Brian G. Hutton
• Jack Klugman
• Diane Ladd
• Martin Landau
• John Larch
• Tom Laughlin
• Ruta Lee
• Gavin MacLeod
• Strother Martin
• Ed Nelson
• Marion Ross
• Harry Dean Stanton
• Robert Vaughn
• Robert J. Wilke

Selected Episodes

• The Steep Hill, directed by Jacques Tourneur (1957) (25 mn)
• House on Biscayne Bay, directed by Jacques Tourneur (1958) (25 mn)
• The Stopover, directed by Jacques Tourneur (1958) (25 mn)

External links

• The Walter Winchell File at CVTA with episode list
• The Walter Winchell File at IMDb