Deadline

    All Episodes 1959 - 1961

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    • 1959-09-17T04:00:00Z
    • 30m
    • 19h 30m (39 episodes)
    • United States
    • English
    • UCLA Film and Television Archive
    • 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.

    39 episodes

    Series Premiere

    1959-09-17T04:00:00Z

    1x01 Victor Reisel

    Series Premiere

    1x01 Victor Reisel

    • 1959-09-17T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-09-24T04:00:00Z

    1x02 State Scandal

    1x02 State Scandal

    • 1959-09-24T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-10-01T04:00:00Z

    1x03 Pickup

    1x03 Pickup

    • 1959-10-01T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-10-08T04:00:00Z

    1x04 The Neon Touch

    1x04 The Neon Touch

    • 1959-10-08T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-10-15T04:00:00Z

    1x05 Extortion

    1x05 Extortion

    • 1959-10-15T04:00:00Z30m

    A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

    1959-10-22T04:00:00Z

    1x06 The accusing finger

    1x06 The accusing finger

    • 1959-10-22T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-10-29T05:00:00Z

    1x07 Mass Murder

    1x07 Mass Murder

    • 1959-10-29T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-11-05T05:00:00Z

    1x08 The Case Of The Stranger

    1x08 The Case Of The Stranger

    • 1959-11-05T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-11-12T05:00:00Z

    1x09 Charm Boy

    1x09 Charm Boy

    • 1959-11-12T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-11-19T05:00:00Z

    1x10 Old Man Lost

    1x10 Old Man Lost

    • 1959-11-19T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-11-26T05:00:00Z

    1x11 The Human Storm

    1x11 The Human Storm

    • 1959-11-26T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-12-03T05:00:00Z

    1x12 Hot Stuff

    1x12 Hot Stuff

    • 1959-12-03T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-12-10T05:00:00Z

    1x13 The Face of a Thief

    1x13 The Face of a Thief

    • 1959-12-10T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-12-17T05:00:00Z

    1x14 Murderess

    1x14 Murderess

    • 1959-12-17T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-12-24T05:00:00Z

    1x15 Chain Reaction

    1x15 Chain Reaction

    • 1959-12-24T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1959-12-31T05:00:00Z

    1x16 Clean Kill

    1x16 Clean Kill

    • 1959-12-31T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-01-07T05:00:00Z

    1x17 Lonely Hearts Killer

    1x17 Lonely Hearts Killer

    • 1960-01-07T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-01-14T05:00:00Z

    1x18 Return to Murder

    1x18 Return to Murder

    • 1960-01-14T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-01-21T05:00:00Z

    1x19 Scramble

    1x19 Scramble

    • 1960-01-21T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-01-28T05:00:00Z

    1x20 Massacre

    1x20 Massacre

    • 1960-01-28T05:00:00Z30m

    A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

    1960-02-04T05:00:00Z

    1x21 The Blue Dahlia

    1x21 The Blue Dahlia

    • 1960-02-04T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-02-11T05:00:00Z

    1x22 Checkmate

    1x22 Checkmate

    • 1960-02-11T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-02-18T05:00:00Z

    1x23 Jailbreak

    1x23 Jailbreak

    • 1960-02-18T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-02-25T05:00:00Z

    1x24 Mad Bomber

    1x24 Mad Bomber

    • 1960-02-25T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-03-03T05:00:00Z

    1x25 Character Witness

    1x25 Character Witness

    • 1960-03-03T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-03-10T05:00:00Z

    1x26 Dumb Kid

    1x26 Dumb Kid

    • 1960-03-10T05:00:00Z30m

    A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

    1960-03-17T05:00:00Z

    1x27 A Story for Christmas

    1x27 A Story for Christmas

    • 1960-03-17T05:00:00Z30m

    William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

    1960-03-24T05:00:00Z

    1x28 Birthday Present

    1x28 Birthday Present

    • 1960-03-24T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-03-31T05:00:00Z

    1x29 Suspicion of Murder

    1x29 Suspicion of Murder

    • 1960-03-31T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-04-07T05:00:00Z

    1x30 Thesis for Murder

    1x30 Thesis for Murder

    • 1960-04-07T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-04-14T05:00:00Z

    1x31 Exposure

    1x31 Exposure

    • 1960-04-14T05:00:00Z30m

    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.

    1960-04-21T05:00:00Z

    1x32 Pig Woman

    1x32 Pig Woman

    • 1960-04-21T05:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-04-28T04:00:00Z

    1x33 To Move a Mountain

    1x33 To Move a Mountain

    • 1960-04-28T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-05-05T04:00:00Z

    1x34 One Tall, One Short

    1x34 One Tall, One Short

    • 1960-05-05T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-05-12T04:00:00Z

    1x35 The Cave

    1x35 The Cave

    • 1960-05-12T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-05-19T04:00:00Z

    1x36 The Two Ounce Trap

    1x36 The Two Ounce Trap

    • 1960-05-19T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1960-05-26T04:00:00Z

    1x37 The Last Knockout

    1x37 The Last Knockout

    • 1960-05-26T04:00:00Z30m

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

    1961-02-01T05:00:00Z

    1x38 Episode 38

    1x38 Episode 38

    • 1961-02-01T05:00:00Z30m

    Season Finale

    1961-02-04T05:00:00Z

    1x39 Smoke Screen

    Season Finale

    1x39 Smoke Screen

    • 1961-02-04T05:00:00Z30m

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

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