Deadline
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Arnold Perl
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1959)
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39 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Victor Reisel
1959-09-17As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: State Scandal
1959-09-24Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Pickup
1959-10-01A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: The Neon Touch
1959-10-08Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Extortion
1959-10-15A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: The accusing finger
1959-10-22Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Mass Murder
1959-10-29A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: The Case Of The Stranger
1959-11-05Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: Charm Boy
1959-11-12A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: Old Man Lost
1959-11-19Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: The Human Storm
1959-11-26It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: Hot Stuff
1959-12-03To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: The Face of a Thief
1959-12-10A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 14: Murderess
1959-12-17A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: Chain Reaction
1959-12-24A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 16: Clean Kill
1959-12-31An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: Lonely Hearts Killer
1960-01-07Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 18: Return to Murder
1960-01-14Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 19: Scramble
1960-01-21Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 20: Massacre
1960-01-28A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 21: The Blue Dahlia
1960-02-04A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 22: Checkmate
1960-02-11Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 23: Jailbreak
1960-02-18Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 24: Mad Bomber
1960-02-25It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 25: Character Witness
1960-03-03Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 26: Dumb Kid
1960-03-10A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 27: A Story for Christmas
1960-03-17William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 28: Birthday Present
1960-03-24A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 29: Suspicion of Murder
1960-03-31Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 30: Thesis for Murder
1960-04-07A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 31: Exposure
1960-04-14A 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.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 32: Pig Woman
1960-04-21A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 33: To Move a Mountain
1960-04-28A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 34: One Tall, One Short
1960-05-05A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 35: The Cave
1960-05-12A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 36: The Two Ounce Trap
1960-05-19A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 37: The Last Knockout
1960-05-26Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 38: Episode 38
1961-02-01Episode 39: Smoke Screen
1961-02-04The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
Runtime: 30 min
