New York Confidential (TV series)

New York Confidential
Genre	Crime drama
Directed by	Jack Gage Steve Sekely Justus Addiss
Starring	Lee Tracy
Opening theme	Alfred Newman
Ending theme	Joseph Mullendore
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producer(s)	Leon Fromkess
Location(s)	United States United Kingdom
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	25 mins.
Release
Original network	Syndication (United States) Rediffusion (United Kingdom)
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	1958 – 1959

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

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.

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.

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