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The Walter Winchell File Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

27 Episodes 1957 - 1958

Episode 0

The Witness

Wed, Oct 2, 195730 mins

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.

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Episode 1

Country Boy

Wed, Oct 2, 195730 mins

Rookie police detective Harry Manzak and his partner, Detective Angie DeMatteo, receive a call while patrolling Manhattan's East Side. They rush to a warehouse where a robbery is taking place, and in the darkened building the two men find Country Boy, a psychopathic killer. It is the rookie's first brush with violence, and he is shocked to see Country Boy ruthlessly shoot and kill the warehouse watchman and escape. Finally cornering the killer in an apartment house, Manzak realizes that he must go in alone and face him.

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Episode 2

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Wed, Oct 9, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 3

A Day in the Sun

Wed, Oct 16, 195730 mins

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.

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Episode 4

Where Is Louise Milk?

Wed, Oct 23, 195730 mins

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.

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Episode 5

The Boy from Mason City

Wed, Oct 30, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 6

The Decision

Wed, Nov 6, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 7

The Candlestick

Wed, Nov 13, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 8

The Fallen Idol

Wed, Nov 20, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 9

The Semi-Windup

Wed, Nov 27, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 10

The Cupcake

Wed, Dec 4, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 11

The Law and Aaron Benjamin

Wed, Dec 11, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 12

Act of Folly

Wed, Dec 18, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 13

The Steep Hill

Wed, Dec 25, 195730 mins

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

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Episode 14

Terror

Fri, Jan 3, 195830 mins

A probation officer is sent to investigate a juvenile delinquent.

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Episode 15

A Good Address

Fri, Jan 10, 195830 mins

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

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Episode 16

The High Window

Fri, Jan 17, 195830 mins

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

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Episode 17

Night People

Fri, Jan 24, 195830 mins

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

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Episode 18

David and Goliath

Fri, Jan 31, 195830 mins

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.

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Episode 19

The Bargain

Fri, Feb 7, 195830 mins

A young man's attempt to buy a piece of jewelry for his fiance leads him into trouble.

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Episode 20

Hot Night in Manhattan

Fri, Feb 14, 195830 mins

Two holdup men steal a car, unaware that there's a baby in the back seat.

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Episode 21

Stay Away from Guns

Fri, Feb 21, 195830 mins

Arrested for murder and robbery, two hoodlums implicate a model as their mastermind.

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Episode 22

The Walkout

Fri, Feb 28, 195830 mins

Night-club singer June Holloway is forced to work for a racketeer to pay off her gambling boy friend's debts.

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Episode 23

Silent City

Fri, Mar 7, 195830 mins

A gangster searches for a murder witness, unaware that the man is deaf.

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Episode 24

Frame-Up

Fri, Mar 14, 195830 mins

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Episode 25

The Reporter

Fri, Mar 21, 195830 mins

Schoolboy Freddy Lundberg witnesses a murder, and now his life isn't worth a nickel

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Episode 26

The Stop-over

Fri, Mar 28, 195830 mins

Mexico is the scene as police go after an ex-con who killed a police chief's son.

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