Deadline
Deadline
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Deadline

7.3 / 10 · 3 votes
1959
~30 min / ep
1 season
39 episodes
Drama

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 min

    As 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 min

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

  • Ep 3

    3.Pickup

    01-10-195930 min

    A 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 min

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

  • Ep 5

    5.Extortion

    15-10-195930 min

    A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

  • Ep 6

    6.The accusing finger

    22-10-195930 min

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

  • Ep 7

    7.Mass Murder

    29-10-195930 min

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

  • Ep 8

    8.The Case Of The Stranger

    05-11-195930 min

    Newsman 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 min

    A 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 min

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

  • Ep 11

    11.The Human Storm

    26-11-195930 min

    It 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 min

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

  • Ep 13

    13.The Face of a Thief

    10-12-195930 min

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

  • Ep 14

    14.Murderess

    6.0
    17-12-195930 min

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

  • Ep 15

    15.Chain Reaction

    24-12-195930 min

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

  • Ep 16

    16.Clean Kill

    31-12-195930 min

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

  • Ep 17

    17.Lonely Hearts Killer

    07-01-196030 min

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

  • Ep 18

    18.Return to Murder

    14-01-196030 min

    Two 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 min

    Reporter 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 min

    A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

  • Ep 21

    21.The Blue Dahlia

    04-02-196030 min

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

  • Ep 22

    22.Checkmate

    11-02-196030 min

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

  • Ep 23

    23.Jailbreak

    18-02-196030 min

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

  • Ep 24

    24.Mad Bomber

    25-02-196030 min

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

  • Ep 25

    25.Character Witness

    03-03-196030 min

    Reporter 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 min

    A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

  • Ep 27

    27.A Story for Christmas

    17-03-196030 min

    William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

  • Ep 28

    28.Birthday Present

    24-03-196030 min

    A 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 min

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

  • Ep 30

    30.Thesis for Murder

    07-04-196030 min

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

  • Ep 31

    31.Exposure

    14-04-196030 min

    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.

  • Ep 32

    32.Pig Woman

    21-04-196030 min

    A 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 min

    A 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 min

    A 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 min

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

  • Ep 36

    36.The Two Ounce Trap

    19-05-196030 min

    A 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 min

    Reporter 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 min

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

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