New York Confidential (TV series) explained

Genre:Crime drama
Director:Jack Gage
Steve Sekely
Justus Addiss
Starring:Lee Tracy
Opentheme:Alfred Newman
Endtheme:Joseph Mullendore[1]
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:39
Executive Producer:Leon Fromkess
Location:United States
United Kingdom
Camera:Single-camera
Runtime:25 mins.
Company:ITC Productions
Metropolis Productions
Channel:Syndication (United States)
Rediffusion (United Kingdom)

New York Confidential is a British-American crime drama series that aired from 1958 to 1959.[1]

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 non-fiction book 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.[2] [3]

Episode list

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/newYorkConfidential.html classicthemes.com listing for New York Confidential
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080319231547/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44055?view=synopsis BFI synopsis of the 1955 film.
  3. http://www.fandango.com/newyorkconfidential_v+++103843/summary Fandango synopsis of the 1955 film.