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"He didn't report the news ... he made it."
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist Walter Winchell, who ruled the newspaper and radio waves with his groundbreaking brand of gossip and news for more than thirty years.
78 Cast Members
Stanley Tucci
Walter Winchell
Glenne Headly
Dallas Wayne
Paul Giamatti
Herman Klurfeld
Christopher Plummer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Xander Berkeley
Gavreau
Kevin Tighe
William Randolph Hearst
Frank Medrano
Melvin Diamond
Vic Polizos
Sam Hague
John F. O'Donohue
Harry the Doorman
Michael Greene
Bellamy
Rod McCary
Emcee
Victoria Gabrielle Platt
Josephine Baker
Megan Mullally
June Winchell
Paul Mazursky
Winchell's Father
Francis X. McCarthy
Winchell's Attorney
Sven-Ole Thorsen
German Man
Mary Portser
Janet Winchell
Paul Jenkins
Lawrence Newman
Jason Huber
Ed Sullivan
Paula Cale
Mrs. Klurfeld
