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Line 51: Morgan revealed in his memoir that one of his cousins had been a Communist Party member until the [[Hitler-Stalin Pact]] caused him to break with the Party, and that this cousin had told investigators Morgan hadn't been a Party member. This cousin, Morgan continued, had decided to cooperate heavily with investigators "when he learned that his agent, a Party member, had refused to accept assignments for him; his doctor, another Red, knowing of (his) bad heart, had recommended that he play tennis. The Party tried to rape him. It was enough to ruin his faith, it was. He decided to kill them, that was all." Morgan himself was cleared soon enough, and he resumed his broadcasting career.<ref name=bad/> ==''So This Is New York'' and early TV shows== Morgan made one movie in which he had the lead role, producer [[Stanley Kramer]]'s sophisticated comedy ''[[So This Is New York]]'' (1948), which also featured Arnold Stang and was loosely based upon [[Ring Lardner]]'s 1920 novel ''The Big Town''. Though Morgan and the film received favorable critical reviews, it didn't go over as well with the public as his radio and later television work did. In ~~1951~~1948, ~~Morgan~~the ~~had~~fledgling aABC ~~short-lived~~Television TVNetwork ~~show~~put Morgan on ~~[[NBC~~the ~~television\|NBC~~air ~~Television]],~~with ''~~The~~On ~~Henry~~the ~~Morgan~~Corner''. ~~Talent~~In ~~Show''~~1949, ~~which~~NBC ~~replaced~~gave ~~the~~him ~~variety~~his TVown ~~series~~show, ''~~[[Versatile~~The ~~Varieties]]~~Henry Morgan Show''~~, and which lasted five months~~. In 1951, Morgan had a short-lived TV show on [[NBC television\|NBC Television]], ''[[Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt]]'', which replaced the NBC variety series ''[[Versatile Varieties]]'', and which ran from January 26 to June 1, 1951. The show started out as a take-off on ''[[The Original Amateur Hour]]'', and featured [[Kaye Ballard]] (in her TV debut), [[Art Carney]], and [[Pert Kelton]]. In late March, NBC changed to ''The Henry Morgan Show'', a comedy-variety show with singers Dorothy Claire and Dorothy Jarnac providing musical numbers between the comedy skits. Morgan also appeared as Brooklyn assistant district attorney Burton Turkus in the [[gangster]] film ''[[Murder, Inc. (1960 film)\|Murder, Inc.]]'' (1960), playing in a cast that included [[Stuart Whitman]], [[May Britt]], and [[Peter Falk]]. A year earlier, he hosted the short-lived [[syndication (television)\|syndicated television]] program ''Henry Morgan and Company'', which All-Movie Guide has called a kind of precursor to [[David Letterman]]'s style of irreverent television.