''New York Confidential'' is a British-American

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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,

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, in the UK. It was co-produced by

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, Metropolis Productions, Inc., and

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Overview

Running for 39 half-hour monochrome episodes, the series chronicled the adventures of a

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newspaper columnist Lee Cochran, played by

Lee Tracy William Lee Tracy (April 14, 1898 – October 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is known foremost for his portrayals between the late 1920s and 1940s of fast-talking, wisecracking news reporters, press agents, lawye ...

. The series is often mis-remembered today as having flowed from a 1955

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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

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and

Lee Mortimer Lee Mortimer (1904–1963) was an American newspaper columnist, radio commentator, crime lecturer, night club show producer, and author. He was born Mortimer Lieberman in Chicago, but was best known by the pen name he adopted as a young newsp ...

, 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.Fandango synopsis of the 1955 film.
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Episode list

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