6.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Walter Winchell File (1957)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
Overview
The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's Bat Masterson. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957-1958 season, and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. Among the guest stars was the child actor Dennis Holmes, who played 7-year-old Allie Marisch in the 1957 episode "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Overview
The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's Bat Masterson. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957-1958 season, and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. Among the guest stars was the child actor Dennis Holmes, who played 7-year-old Allie Marisch in the 1957 episode "Thou Shalt Not Kill."
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film, a 1950s crime drama, subtly aligns with right-leaning values by emphasizing individual responsibility for crime, the importance of law and order, and the restoration of societal norms through journalistic exposure of wrongdoing.
The movie, a 1957 crime drama, features traditional casting practices prevalent in its era, with no apparent intentional diversity-driven casting. Its narrative focuses on crime stories without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The Walter Winchell File, a crime drama anthology series from the late 1950s, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative does not engage with queer identity in any capacity, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Walter Winchell File is a biographical drama series about the real-life male journalist Walter Winchell. There is no indication that Walter Winchell or any other historically established character was portrayed as a different gender.
The Walter Winchell File (1957) is a television series featuring Walter Winchell himself. There is no historical or canonical evidence suggesting any character, including Winchell, was established as one race and then portrayed as another in this production.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.9
5.0
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