Deadline

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 39

Deadline is a 1959-1961 American television drama series that re-enacted famous newspaper stories from the past. Hosted and narrated by Paul Stewart, the syndicated series was produced by Arnold Perl. Guest stars included Peter Falk, Diane Ladd, Robert Lansing, and George Maharis. Thirty-nine 30-minute episodes were produced.

Episodes(39)

Victor Reisel

1. Victor Reisel

As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.

Air Date : 1959-09-17

State Scandal

2. State Scandal

Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.

Air Date : 1959-09-24

Pickup

3. Pickup

A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.

Air Date : 1959-10-01

The Neon Touch

4. The Neon Touch

Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.

Air Date : 1959-10-08

Extortion

5. Extortion

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

Air Date : 1959-10-15

The accusing finger

6. The accusing finger

Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.

Air Date : 1959-10-22

Mass Murder

7. Mass Murder

A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.

Air Date : 1959-10-29

The Case Of The Stranger

8. The Case Of The Stranger

Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.

Air Date : 1959-11-05

Charm Boy

9. Charm Boy

A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.

Air Date : 1959-11-12

Old Man Lost

10. Old Man Lost

Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.

Air Date : 1959-11-19

The Human Storm

11. The Human Storm

It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.

Air Date : 1959-11-26

Hot Stuff

12. Hot Stuff

To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.

Air Date : 1959-12-03

The Face of a Thief

13. The Face of a Thief

A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.

Air Date : 1959-12-10

Murderess

14. Murderess

A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.

Air Date : 1959-12-17

Chain Reaction

15. Chain Reaction

A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.

Air Date : 1959-12-24

Clean Kill

16. Clean Kill

An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.

Air Date : 1959-12-31

Lonely Hearts Killer

17. Lonely Hearts Killer

Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.

Air Date : 1960-01-07

Return to Murder

18. Return to Murder

Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.

Air Date : 1960-01-14

Scramble

19. Scramble

Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.

Air Date : 1960-01-21

Massacre

20. Massacre

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

Air Date : 1960-01-28

The Blue Dahlia

21. The Blue Dahlia

A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.

Air Date : 1960-02-04

Checkmate

22. Checkmate

Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.

Air Date : 1960-02-11

Jailbreak

23. Jailbreak

Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.

Air Date : 1960-02-18

Mad Bomber

24. Mad Bomber

It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.

Air Date : 1960-02-25

Character Witness

25. Character Witness

Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.

Air Date : 1960-03-03

Dumb Kid

26. Dumb Kid

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

Air Date : 1960-03-10

A Story for Christmas

27. A Story for Christmas

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

Air Date : 1960-03-17

Birthday Present

28. Birthday Present

A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.

Air Date : 1960-03-24

Suspicion of Murder

29. Suspicion of Murder

Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.

Air Date : 1960-03-31

Thesis for Murder

30. Thesis for Murder

A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime

Air Date : 1960-04-07

Exposure

31. Exposure

A photo studio is the cover for a racket swindling the citizens of Columbus, Ohio, to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars a year.

Air Date : 1960-04-14

Pig Woman

32. Pig Woman

A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.

Air Date : 1960-04-21

To Move a Mountain

33. To Move a Mountain

A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.

Air Date : 1960-04-28

One Tall, One Short

34. One Tall, One Short

A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."

Air Date : 1960-05-05

The Cave

35. The Cave

A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.

Air Date : 1960-05-12

The Two Ounce Trap

36. The Two Ounce Trap

A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.

Air Date : 1960-05-19

The Last Knockout

37. The Last Knockout

Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.

Air Date : 1960-05-26

Episode 38

38. Episode 38

Air Date : 1961-02-01

Smoke Screen

39. Smoke Screen

The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.

Air Date : 1961-02-04

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