AMERICAN WHITE PAPER: ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES (TV)
Summary
Includes the following: Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.); Sgt. Ralph Salerno, New York City Police Dept.; Aaron Kohn of the New Orleans Crime Commission; Robert Morgenthau, district attorney, New York; Colonel F.E. Davis of the Michigan State Police; Sen. John McClellan (D-Ark.); Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-Maine); federal witness Joseph Valachi; and journalist Peter Mass.
Also includes: Aaron Kohn of the New Orleans Crime Commission; Colonel F.E. Davis of the Michigan State Police; Capt. Joseph O'Donnell, Baltimore Police Dept.; George Leppig, former sheriff, Dade County, Fla.; Mayor Robert High, Miami, Fla.; writer Sandy Smith of the Chicago Sun-Times; federal witness Frederick Ackerman; the Rev. A.F. Hill; Judge Edward Piggins, Wayne County Grand Jury; former numbers banker Maurice Jones; Charles Wade, former chief of police, Reading, Pa.; George Woods, special prosecutor, Detroit, Mich.
Also includes: writer Sandy Smith for the Chicago Sun-Times; federal witness Frederick Ackerman; Paul Kress, former chief of police, Youngstown, Ohio; Charles Henderson, former mayor, Youngstown; Edward Allen, former chief of police, Youngstown; Herman G. Spahr, investigator, Chamber of Commerce; John Terlesky, chief of police, Youngstown; former municipal judge Don Hannii; Anthony B. Flask, mayor, Youngstown; grand jury witness Roy O'Nan; Charles Siragusa, Illinois Crime Commission; loan shark Sam DiStefano; Robert Morgenthau, New York district attorney; and Sgt. Ralph Salerno, New York City Police Dept.
Preservation of the Post–World War II American Television Documentary Collection is supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures grant administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: August 25, 1966 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:04:50
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0590
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Public affairs/Documentaries; News; Organized crime; Talk/Interview
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1966
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Fred Freed … Executive Producer
- Len Giovannitti … Producer
- Don Silverman … Producer
- Lee Hayes … Producer
- Frank McGee … Narrator
- Walter Sheridan … Reporter
- Frederick Ackerman
- Edward Allen
- F.E. Davis
- Sam DiStefano
- Anthony B. Flask
- Don Hannii
- Charles Henderson
- Robert High
- A. F. Hill
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Maurice Jones
- Aaron Kohn
- Paul Kress
- George Leppig
- Peter Mass
- John McClellan
- Robert Morgenthau
- Edmund Muskie
- Joseph O'Donnell
- Roy O'Nan
- Edward Piggins
- Ralph Salerno
- Charles Siragusa
- Sandy Smith
- Herman G. Spahr
- John Terlesky
- Joseph Valachi
- Charles Wade
- George Woods