About this season
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."
Episodes (26)
1. Country Boy
Aired 2 October 1957 • 30 min
2. Thou Shalt Not Kill
Aired 9 October 1957 • 30 min
3. A Day in the Sun
Aired 16 October 1957 • 30 min
4. Where is Louise Melk?
Aired 23 October 1957 • 30 min
5. The Boy from Mason City
Aired 30 October 1957 • 30 min
There's no place like home---sometimes. A young woman (Maureen Leeds) is held hostage in her apartment by a hunted killer. Tom: Manning Ross. Keeley: Alan Dexter. Jablonski: Barron Hall. Shaw: Brad Trumbull. Walter Winchell is host.
6. The Decision
Aired 6 November 1957 • 30 min
7. The Candlestick
Aired 13 November 1957 • 30 min
8. The Fallen Idol
Aired 20 November 1957 • 30 min
9. The Semi-Windup
Aired 27 November 1957 • 30 min
10. The Cupcake
Aired 4 December 1957 • 30 min
A 10-year-old girl falsely accuses a neighborhood baker of trying to molest her.
11. The Law and Aaron Benjamin
Aired 11 December 1957 • 30 min
12. Act of Folly
Aired 18 December 1957 • 30 min
13. The Steep Hill
Aired 25 December 1957 • 30 min
14. Terror
Aired 3 January 1958 • 30 min
15. A Good Address
Aired 10 January 1958 • 30 min
16. The High Window
Aired 17 January 1958 • 30 min
17. Night People
Aired 24 January 1958 • 30 min
18. David and Goliath
Aired 31 January 1958 • 30 min
19. The Bargain
Aired 7 February 1958 • 30 min
20. Hot Night in Manhattan
Aired 14 February 1958 • 30 min
21. Stay Away From Guns
Aired 21 February 1958 • 30 min
22. The Walkout
Aired 28 February 1958 • 30 min
23. Silent City
Aired 7 March 1958 • 30 min
24. Frame-Up
Aired 14 March 1958 • 30 min
25. The Reporter
Aired 21 March 1958 • 30 min
26. The Stop-Over
Aired 28 March 1958 • 30 min