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Overview
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.)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 30, 1961
- Original language
- English
- Production
- CBS News Productions
- Cast
- Walter Cronkite
- Director
- Jay McMullen
- Writer
- Jay McMullen
- Producer
- Fred W. Friendly,Jay McMullen
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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