The Witness
This show heavily researched the subject and then presented the life and times of notorious people, e.g., Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz, Al Capone, John Dillinger, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, Ma Barker, et al. The Committee Members were all members of the New York Bar Association.
- 1960-1961
- 1 season
- CBS
- Drama
This show heavily researched the subject and then presented the life and times of notorious people, e.g., Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz, Al Capone, John Dillinger, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, Ma Barker, et al. The Committee Members were all members of the New York Bar Association.
Season 1 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Lucky Luciano
Thu, Sep 29, 1960 60 mins
Episode 2
Jimmy Walker
Thu, Oct 6, 1960 60 mins
Episode 3
Charles Becker
Thu, Oct 20, 1960 60 mins
Episode 4
Bugsy Siegel
Thu, Oct 27, 1960 60 mins
Episode 5
Roger 'The Terrible' Touhy
Thu, Nov 3, 1960 60 mins
Episode 6
Police Lt. Charles Becker
Thu, Nov 10, 1960 60 mins
Episode 7
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter
Thu, Nov 17, 1960 60 mins
Episode 8
Al Capone
Thu, Nov 24, 1960 60 mins
Episode 9
Arnold Rothstein
Thu, Dec 8, 1960
Episode 10
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Thu, Dec 15, 1960 60 mins
Episode 11
Kid Twist
Thu, Dec 22, 1960 60 mins
Abe Reles, a gangster known as "Kid Twist", is brought in for questioning by the police. They hope he'll talk; they just don't expect him to talk quite so much.
Episode 12
Dutch Schultz
Thu, Dec 29, 1960
Episode 13
Jimmy Hines
Thu, Jan 5, 1961 60 mins
Onetime New York Democrat party boss Hines is brought to court to answer for various acts of corruption during his career. He's grilled on the numbers rackets in Harlem, and how his crooked cronies he set up in government protected Dutch Schultz and his gang.
Episode 14
Ma Barker
Thu, Jan 12, 1961 60 mins
An argumentative Ma Barker faces the committee, denying she was the mastermind of a "gang" and that her boys ever committed a crime.
Episode 15
Dillinger
Thu, Jan 19, 1961 60 mins
Killer and bank robber John Dillinger is brought before the committee for his 16-month crime spree.
Episode 16
Shoeless Joe
Thu, Jan 26, 1961 60 mins
The witness for questioning is centerfielder for the 1919 Chicago White Sox, Shoeless Joe Jackson.