New York Confidential (TV series)
New York Confidential is a British-American crime drama series that aired from 1958 to 1959.[1][2]
New York Confidential | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Directed by | Jack Gage Steve Sekely Justus Addiss |
Starring | Lee Tracy |
Opening theme | Alfred Newman |
Ending theme | Joseph Mullendore[1] |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Leon Fromkess |
Production location(s) | United States United Kingdom |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 25 mins. |
Production company(s) | ITC Productions Metropolis Productions |
Distributor | Television Programs of America |
Release | |
Original network | Syndication (United States) Rediffusion (United Kingdom) |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | 1958 – 1959[2] |
The series aired in syndicated in the United States and was broadcast on London's local ITV station, Associated-Rediffusion, in the UK. It was co-produced by ITC Entertainment, Metropolis Productions, Inc., and Television Programs of America.
Overview
Running for 39 half-hour monochrome episodes, the series chronicled the adventures of a New York City newspaper columnist Lee Cochran, played by Lee Tracy.
The series is often mis-remembered today as having flowed from a 1955 Broderick Crawford movie of the same name. However, neither Lee Cochran, nor any newspaper columnist, features in the film. In truth, the two works were unrelated attempts to adapt the same novel by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, with varying degrees of fidelity to that source. The film is frequently cited as being merely "suggested" by the book, whereas the television series is seen as being "based upon" it.[3][4]
Episode list
- Sudden Money
- Covenant with Death
- Come Home to Death
- Semper Fidelis
- Chinatown, My Chinatown
- Child of Terror
- Legacy
- Garment District
- Law is for Suckers
- Massacre
- Girl from Nowhere
- Skid Row Mouthpiece
- New Citizen
- The Bullet
- The Seeing Eye
- Man on Parole
- Broadway Sam
- Crosseyed Camera
- Death in Pursuit
- The Skin Game
- Medallion
- Horse on the Loose
- Incident at Fulton Market
- Positive Identification
- Custody
- The Most Dangerous Animal
- House of Strangers
- Body on a Couch
- The Lonely Man
- The Assassin
- Johnny Cordes
- The Captain Kenesaw Story
- In Retaliation
- Miracle for Gisella
- Face of Clay
- Death is the Collateral
- Ransom
- Life Care
- Airline Hostess
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