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 (12)
1. Portrait of a Cop
2. Dice of Fortune
3. Too Many Clues
4. Exclusive Story
5. A Short Run to Broadway
6. Fight Night
10.0Aired 2 July 1958 • 30 min
An ex-con, straight out of prison, wants back into the action, and proceeds to rob two bookies.
7. The Night Prowlers
8. A Thing of Beauty
9. Death Comes in a Small Package
Aired 27 July 1959 • 30 min
A thief steals a metal pellet, unaware that it contains radium.
10. The Box Men
11. Muggy Night on Times Square
Aired 1 August 1958 • 30 min
Johnny Hansel, wanted for robbery, chances capture to visit his hospitalized wife.