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The Whitey Steele Story

New York City. July 23, 1934. The Underworld, which had long made big money by covering bets on horse races, wants to get their hands on a new invention-- the racewire, which can speed the results of horse races to bookmakers everywhere.  That rainy night, Michael Barrigan and Frederic Withers (who, along with their partner Douglas Barrows, own and run the Trans-Pacific News Service) receive an urgent call from Barrows-- but Barrigan finds Barrows dead in a bookie joint (the back room of Hayes florists) when he gets there. Joker takes Barrigan to Joe Kulak's car; they all take a short ride.  Kulak makes it simple: he wants Barrigan's racewire.  Barrigan has until tomorrow at midnight.  3 hours later,  Barrigan goes to his office; the names Barrigan, Withers and Barrows are on the door, but the bottom name has been ominously crossed out.  Barrigan notices someone is inside, and he pulls out his gun; but the surprise intruder is Eliot Ness-- who already knows about Barrows' murder, and

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  • Originally Aired February 8, 1962
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network ABC (US)
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created February 13, 2020 by
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  • Modified July 11, 2022 by
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Name Type Role
George Eckstein Writer
Henry Silva Guest Star
Oscar Beregi Jr. Guest Star
Bing Russell Guest Star
Murray Hamilton Guest Star
Frank Wilcox Guest Star
Eduardo Ciannelli Guest Star
Hal K. Dawson Guest Star
Phillip Pine Guest Star
Ila Britton Guest Star
Sean McClory Guest Star
Abner Biberman Director