CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint (1961)
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.)
Director: Jay McMullen
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Walter Cronkite as Self - Narrator |
| Directing | Jay McMullen | Director |
| Writing | Jay McMullen | Writer |
| Production | Jay McMullen | Producer |
| Production | Fred W. Friendly | Executive Producer |
| Editing | John Schultz | Editor |
| Production | David Buksbaum | Production Manager |
| Production | Neil Cunningham | Production Manager |
| Sound | David Blumgart | Sound |
| Sound | Larry Gianneschi | Sound |
| Sound | Robert Huttenloch | Sound |
| Sound | Irving Korman | Sound |
| Camera | Martin Barnett | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Robert Clemens | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Robert Downey | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Peter Garbarini | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Charles Mack | Camera Operator |
| Production | Palmer Williams | Director of Operations |
