

Deadline
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.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Victor Reisel
17-09-195930 minAs labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
- Ep 2
2.State Scandal
24-09-195930 minReporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
- Ep 3
3.Pickup
01-10-195930 minA persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
- Ep 4
4.The Neon Touch
08-10-195930 minTwo teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
- Ep 5
5.Extortion
15-10-195930 minA respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
- Ep 6
6.The accusing finger
22-10-195930 minReporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
- Ep 7
7.Mass Murder
29-10-195930 minA plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
- Ep 8
8.The Case Of The Stranger
05-11-195930 minNewsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
- Ep 9
9.Charm Boy
12-11-195930 minA sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
- Ep 10
10.Old Man Lost
19-11-195930 minDon Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
- Ep 11
11.The Human Storm
26-11-195930 minIt takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
- Ep 12
12.Hot Stuff
03-12-195930 minTo expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
- Ep 13
13.The Face of a Thief
10-12-195930 minA brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
- Ep 14
14.Murderess
6.017-12-195930 minA beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
- Ep 15
15.Chain Reaction
24-12-195930 minA pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
- Ep 16
16.Clean Kill
31-12-195930 minAn unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
- Ep 17
17.Lonely Hearts Killer
07-01-196030 minTwo newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
- Ep 18
18.Return to Murder
14-01-196030 minTwo teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
- Ep 19
19.Scramble
21-01-196030 minReporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
- Ep 20
20.Massacre
28-01-196030 minA berserk killer is on the loose in California.
- Ep 21
21.The Blue Dahlia
04-02-196030 minA soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
- Ep 22
22.Checkmate
11-02-196030 minPolice and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
- Ep 23
23.Jailbreak
18-02-196030 minThree convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
- Ep 24
24.Mad Bomber
25-02-196030 minIt's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
- Ep 25
25.Character Witness
03-03-196030 minReporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
- Ep 26
26.Dumb Kid
10-03-196030 minA cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
- Ep 27
27.A Story for Christmas
17-03-196030 minWilliam Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
- Ep 28
28.Birthday Present
24-03-196030 minA father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
- Ep 29
29.Suspicion of Murder
31-03-196030 minBernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
- Ep 30
30.Thesis for Murder
07-04-196030 minA brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
- Ep 31
31.Exposure
14-04-196030 minA 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.
- Ep 32
32.Pig Woman
21-04-196030 minA woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
- Ep 33
33.To Move a Mountain
28-04-196030 minA reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
- Ep 34
34.One Tall, One Short
05-05-196030 minA wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
- Ep 35
35.The Cave
12-05-196030 minA car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
- Ep 36
36.The Two Ounce Trap
19-05-196030 minA rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
- Ep 37
37.The Last Knockout
26-05-196030 minReporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
- Ep 38
38.Episode 38
01-02-196130 min - Ep 39
39.Smoke Screen
04-02-196130 minThe Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
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