The Mike Wallace Interview

A high-profile defense lawyer, whose clients have included gambling czar Frank Costello, union boss Jimmy Hoffa and Senator Joseph McCarthy, talks to Wallace about the United States justice system.

An interview with Anthony Perkins, conducted two years before his portrayal of Norman Bates in "Psycho," about unflattering news stories, Hollywood and the Beat Generation.

Mike Wallace hosts Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House Publishing, humorist and panelist on the TV game show "What's My Line."

Veteran comedian George Jessel talks to Wallace about television, Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters Union, fame, Jewish performers and his desire to be named ambassador to Israel.

Mike Wallace hosts Elsa Maxwell, a famous hostess to the very rich in the US and international society. She speaks about alcohol, high society and contemporary personalities.

Aldous Huxley, social critic and author of Brave New World, talks to Wallace about threats to freedom in the United States, overpopulation, propaganda, drugs and television.

Eddie Arcaro, a celebrated jockey and winner of 5 Kentucky Derbies, talks with Wallace about horse racing, gambling, drugging of horses and the pressure to win.

Drew Pearson, a syndicated columnist, talks to Wallace about Sputnik, Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy and about being called a vicious liar by prominent politicians.

Mike Wallace interviews Margaret Sanger, who founded Planned Parenthood and coined the term "birth control." She led the campaign to overturn anti-contraception laws and disseminate birth control information.

Mike Wallace interviews Gloria Swanson, the former silent screen star, about why she is not making films, sex appeal, Hollywood in the 1920s, marriage and plastic surgery.

Steve Allen, comedian, musician, and television personality, talks to Wallace about his rivalry with Ed Sullivan and his television show.

Pearl Buck, Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning novelist, talks to Wallace about American women, marriage, career versus family and the difference between men and women.

Mike Wallace interviews Walter Reuther, labor leader and president of the United Auto Workers from 1946 until his death in a plane crash in 1970.

William Douglas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, talks with Wallace about freedom of expression and the freedom to exchange ideas.

Professor Henry Kissinger, a military and political analyst, talks to Wallace about the United States' foreign and military policies, limited nuclear war and the Soviet Union.

Kirk Douglas, a film star, talks to Wallace about acting, fame, the charge that Hollywood films misrepresent America abroad, Nazis and Communists.

Bob Feller, one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time, talks to Wallace about ballplayers' salaries, the reserve clause and gambling.

Mike Wallace interviews popular American singer, dancer and actor Sammy Davis Jr. about his career, religion and the auto accident that changed his life.

Wallace talks with television writer/producer Rod Serling about his popular project, television series "The Twilight Zone."

One of the most successful figures in show business and Broadway for such classics as "Oklahoma!," "The King and I" and "South Pacific," Oscar Hammerstein II talks to Wallace about sentimentality and politics.

Salvador Dalí, the surrealist painter, talks to Wallace about genius, the subconscious, weakness, old age, luxury, death, religion and dreams.

Playwright Tennessee Williams talks with Mike Wallace about his obsession with tragedy in his work and what he thinks about the current world around him.

Eleanor Roosevelt, political activist and former first lady, talks to Mike Wallace about Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Republicans, Democrats, the Soviet Union, race and her family life.