The Walter Winchell File

Seasons

1957

USA

7.4

Crime stories that Walter Winchell had covered while working with the New York City Police Department.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Witness

The fourth member of a vicious gang of bandits is out to kill a man willing to testify at the trial of the other three crooks.

S1 • E1

Country Boy

A detective searches for a murderer in a seamy New York tenement.

S1 • E2

Thou Shalt Not Kill

A young woman and a policeman both visiting a church are killed by the woman's jilted suitor.

S1 • E3

A Day in the Sun

Sy Bellson is a shy, retiring guy but a major event occurs in his life. He witnesses a murder and basks in all the attention. But the notoriety brings him unwanted attention and puts Sy's life in danger.

S1 • E4

Where Is Louise Milk?

A wealthy amnesiac is adrift on the streets of New York City. A search is on before thieves take advantage of Louise Melk in in her confused mental state.

S1 • E5

The Boy from Mason City

Survivors of a shipwreck are terrorized by a half-crazed refugee.

S1 • E6

The Decision

A former criminal is enticed by his former gang into b doing one more job.

S1 • E7

The Candlestick

Mobster Mort Saphire's romance with a respectable girl is complicated by a dishonest cop.

S1 • E8

The Fallen Idol

A young opportunist (Lee Farr) risks his life to protect a gangster from other racketeers.

S1 • E9

The Semi-Windup

A young boxer refuses to throw a fight, and it may cost him his life.

S1 • E10

The Cupcake

A 10-year-old girl falsely accuses a neighborhood baker of trying to molest her.

S1 • E11

The Law and Aaron Benjamin

Aaron Benjamin, serving a life sentence, volunteers to act as a human guinea pig for a medical research project.

S1 • E12

Act of Folly

A married woman turns to a crook for companionship when she starts to have marital difficulties with her husband.

S1 • E13

The Steep Hill

A businessman dates an old school sweetheart, unaware she's working with gangsters.

S1 • E14

Terror

A probation officer is sent to investigate a juvenile delinquent.

S1 • E15

A Good Address

A killer on the run from the cops holds a woman hostage in her apartment.

S1 • E16

The High Window

A detective's son is killed by an AWOL soldier in a hit-and-run accident. The father vows to track down the killer.

S1 • E17

Night People

A show girl (Jeanne Vaughn) learns that her boyfriend (Joe Maross) is a murderer.

S1 • E18

David and Goliath

An ex-convict, believing he is dying, turns to religion. Upon his recovery he finds it difficult to go straight when racketeers want him to go back to work for them.