Winchell

Release Date:
Nov 11, 1998
MPAA Rating:
R
Running Time:
1:50
Genre:
Biography
Director:
Paul Mazursky
Cast:
Stanley Tucci Walter Winchell
Glenne Headly Dallas Wayne
Christopher Plummer Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paul Giamatti Herman Klurfeld
Xander Berkeley Gavreau
Kevin Tighe William Randolph Hearst
Frank Medrano Melvin Diamond
Vic Polizos Sam Hague
Paula Cale Mrs. Klurfeld
Megan Mullally June Winchell
Victoria Platt Josephine Baker
John O'Donohue Harry the Doorman
Michael Greene Bellamy
Rod McCrary Emcee
Rabbi Jonathan Aaron Rabbi
Pat Asanti Vaudeville Magician
Matt Bellner Walter Jr. - Age 20
Ricky Davila Walter Jr. - Age 10
Raffi Di Blasio Walter Winchell - Age 20
Jason Huber Ed Sullivan
Mary Portser Janet Winchell
Michael Laskin Radio Executive #1
Lamont Johnson Radio Executive #2
Producers:
Robert N. Fried , Stan Wlodkowski , Richard J. Zinman
Writers:
Herman Klurfeld
Language:
English

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This docudrama chronicles the life of gossip columnist Walter Winchell . Rising to fame in the mid-1930s, Winchell helps usher in the age of tabloid journalism with his talent for digging up dirt about the rich and powerful. By the 1950s, Winchell has secured his place as America's leader in controversy -- even if his prose comes courtesy of ghostwriter Herman Klurfeld . But the tables turn when Winchell finds himself at the center of a high-profile scandal.

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