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CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint (1961)
Directed by Jay McMullen
Documentary · 1h 04m
An undercover investigative documentary on illegal bookmaking in Boston, using concealed-camera footage to expose institutional corruption and regulatory failure, and triggering major political and law-enforcement reforms following broadcast. (Note: Originally produced and broadcast as part of CBS Reports, but widely cited, archived, and treated as an independent investigative documentary due to production method, cultural impact, and historical significance.)
Cast
Walter Cronkite
Crew
- Director
- Jay McMullen
- Writer
- Jay McMullen
- Editor
- John Schultz
- Producer
- Jay McMullen
Details
- Release date
- 1961-11-30
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- CBS News Productions