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The Witness is an American television show broadcast on the CBS network in the United States within the 1960–61 television season, in which a fictional "Committee" of lawyers cross-examined actors portraying actual people from the recent past of the United States who had been considered criminal or suspicious.
Original Release
09/29/1960 on CBS
US Release
09/29/1960
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Charles Haydon | Committee Member |
| Verne Collett | Reporter / Court Reporter / Country Reporter |
| William Griffis | Clerk / Country Clerk / Court Clerk |
| Frank Milan | Committee Member |
| William Smithers | Committee Member |
| Paul McGrath | The Chairman |
| Telly Savalas | Al Capone / Lucky Luciano |
| Nehemiah Persoff | Charles Becker |
| Henderson Forsythe | Gov. Charles S. Whitman |
| Paul McGrath | Committee Chairman |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Luciano | Thursday, 29 September 1960 |
| 2 | Jimmy Walker | Thursday, 06 October 1960 |
| 3 | Charles Becker | Thursday, 20 October 1960 |
| 4 | Bugsy Siegel | Thursday, 27 October 1960 |
| 5 | Roger 'The Terrible' Touhy | Thursday, 03 November 1960 |
| 6 | Police Lt. Charles Becker | Thursday, 10 November 1960 |
| 7 | Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter | Thursday, 17 November 1960 |
| 8 | Al Capone | Thursday, 24 November 1960 |
| 9 | Arnold Rothstein | Thursday, 08 December 1960 |
| 10 | Jack 'Legs' Diamond | Thursday, 15 December 1960 |
| 11 | Kid Twist | Thursday, 22 December 1960 |
| 12 | Dutch Schultz | Thursday, 29 December 1960 |
| 13 | Jimmy Hines | Thursday, 05 January 1961 |
| 14 | Ma Barker | Thursday, 12 January 1961 |
| 15 | Dillinger | Thursday, 19 January 1961 |
| 16 | Shoeless Joe | Thursday, 26 January 1961 |
Directors
Alex March, Ralph Nelson, Herbert B. Swope Jr., Marc Daniels, Nick Mayo, William A. Graham
Writers
Irve Tunick, Will Lorin, Eliot Asinof, Max Ehrlich, John O'Toole, Larry Cohen, Bob Rafelson
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Charles Haydon | Committee Member |
| Verne Collett | Reporter / Court Reporter / Country Reporter |
| William Griffis | Clerk / Country Clerk / Court Clerk |
| Frank Milan | Committee Member |
| William Smithers | Committee Member |
| Paul McGrath | The Chairman |
| Telly Savalas | Al Capone / Lucky Luciano |
| Nehemiah Persoff | Charles Becker |
| Henderson Forsythe | Gov. Charles S. Whitman |
| Paul McGrath | Committee Chairman |
| Peter Falk | Abe Reles |
| Joan Blondell | Ma Barker |
| Warren Stevens | John Dillinger |
| Albert Dekker | Jimmy Hines |
| Alfred Ryder | Pittsburgh Phil |
| Anita Dangler | Dolly Dayton |
| Richard McMurray | Matthew Leach |
| Howard Freeman | Andrew Bannister |
| Don Fellows | Mr. Norcross |
| Augusta Merighi | Rose Fiorente |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David Susskind | Executive Producer |
| Nick Mayo | Producer |
| Irve Tunick | Producer |
| Alfred Levy | Producer |
| Murray Susskind | Producer |
| Jacqueline Babbin | Producer |
