WHO KILLED MICHAEL FARMER? (RADIO)

Summary

A documented report by Edward R. Murrow on the brutal slaying of a teenage boy by a street gang in New York City's Upper West Side. Murrow seeks the roots of this and other crimes by juvenile delinquents. There are extensive interviews with the boys involved in the murder, and adults involved in the case. Psychiatrists, policemen, city officials, detention center officials, and case workers express their opinions on why these crimes occur, including insufficient parental guidance and inadequate preventive and rehabilitation systems.

Details

NETWORK: CBS
DATE: April 21, 1958 8:00 PM
RUNNING TIME: 0:57:19
COLOR/B&W:
CATALOG ID: R76:0360
GENRE: Radio - Public affairs/Documentaries
SUBJECT HEADING: Juvenile delinquency; Crime and criminals
SERIES RUN: CBS - Radio, 1958
COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

Jay L. McMullen … Producer, Writer
Edward R. Murrow … Narrator
Michael Farmer

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