Deadline

All Episodes 1959 - 1961

  • Ended
  • 1959-09-17T00:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 12h 40m (26 episodes)
  • Crime, 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.

39 episodes

Series Premiere

1959-09-17T00:00:00Z

1x01 The Victor Riesel Story

Series Premiere

1x01 The Victor Riesel Story

  • 1959-09-17T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-09-24T00:00:00Z

1x02 State Scandal

1x02 State Scandal

  • 1959-09-24T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

1x03 Pickup

1x03 Pickup

  • 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-10-08T00:00:00Z

1x04 The Neon Touch

1x04 The Neon Touch

  • 1959-10-08T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-10-15T00:00:00Z

1x05 Extortion

1x05 Extortion

  • 1959-10-15T00:00:00Z30m

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

1959-10-22T00:00:00Z

1x06 The Accusing Finger

1x06 The Accusing Finger

  • 1959-10-22T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-10-29T00:00:00Z

1x07 Mass Murder (Flight 169)

1x07 Mass Murder (Flight 169)

  • 1959-10-29T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-11-05T00:00:00Z

1x08 The Case of the Stranger

1x08 The Case of the Stranger

  • 1959-11-05T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-11-12T00:00:00Z

1x09 Charm Boy

1x09 Charm Boy

  • 1959-11-12T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-11-19T00:00:00Z

1x10 Old Man Lost

1x10 Old Man Lost

  • 1959-11-19T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-11-26T00:00:00Z

1x11 The Human Storm

1x11 The Human Storm

  • 1959-11-26T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-12-03T00:00:00Z

1x12 Hot Stuff

1x12 Hot Stuff

  • 1959-12-03T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-12-10T00:00:00Z

1x13 The Face of a Thief

1x13 The Face of a Thief

  • 1959-12-10T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-12-17T00:00:00Z

1x14 Murderess

1x14 Murderess

  • 1959-12-17T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-12-24T00:00:00Z

1x15 Chain Reaction

1x15 Chain Reaction

  • 1959-12-24T00:00:00Z30m

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

1959-12-31T00:00:00Z

1x16 Clean Kill

1x16 Clean Kill

  • 1959-12-31T00:00:00Z30m

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

1960-01-07T00:00:00Z

1x17 Lonely Hearts Killer

1x17 Lonely Hearts Killer

  • 1960-01-07T00:00:00Z25m

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

1x18 Return to Murder

  • no air date30m

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

1x19 Scramble

  • no air date30m

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

1x20 Massacre

  • no air date30m

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

1x21 The Blue Dahlia

  • no air date30m

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

1x22 Checkmate

  • no air date30m

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

1x23 Jailbreak

  • no air date30m

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

1x24 Mad Bomber

  • no air date30m

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

1x25 Character Witness

  • no air date30m

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

1x26 Dumb Kid

  • no air date30m

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

1960-03-17T00:00:00Z

1x27 A Story for Christmas

1x27 A Story for Christmas

  • 1960-03-17T00:00:00Z30m

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

1x28 Birthday Present

  • no air date30m

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

1x29 Suspicion of a Murder

  • no air date30m

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

1x30 Thesis for Murder

  • no air date30m

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

1960-04-14T00:00:00Z

1x31 Exposure

1x31 Exposure

  • 1960-04-14T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1960-04-21T00:00:00Z

1x32 Pig Woman

1x32 Pig Woman

  • 1960-04-21T00:00:00Z25m

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

1960-04-28T00:00:00Z

1x33 To Move a Mountain

1x33 To Move a Mountain

  • 1960-04-28T00:00:00Z30m

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

1960-05-05T00:00:00Z

1x34 One Tall, One Short

1x34 One Tall, One Short

  • 1960-05-05T00:00:00Z30m

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

1960-05-12T00:00:00Z

1x35 The Cave

1x35 The Cave

  • 1960-05-12T00:00:00Z30m

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

1x36 The Two Ounce Trap

  • no air date30m

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

1960-05-26T00:00:00Z

1x37 The Last Knockout

1x37 The Last Knockout

  • 1960-05-26T00:00:00Z30m

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

1961-01-08T00:00:00Z

1x38 Wetback

1x38 Wetback

  • 1961-01-08T00:00:00Z25m

A journalist goes undercover to witness the operations of smuggling "coyotes" in Mexico.

1961-02-04T00:00:00Z

1x39 Smoke Screen

1x39 Smoke Screen

  • 1961-02-04T00:00:00Z30m

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

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