The Walter Winchell File is the title of a TV crime drama that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department

New York City Police Department

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 that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror

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. The series featured Walter Winchell

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, John Larch

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, George Cisar

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, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker

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, Dolores Donlon

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, Gene Barry

Gene Barry

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, and others. 39 episodes were produced; the first 26 aired on ABC during the 1957-'58 season, and the final 13 were seen in syndication in 1959.