
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…
Drama • Series • 1959 • 1 season
Starring: Paul Stewart
S1 E1 - Victor Reisel
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
Sep 17, 1959 • 30m
S1 E2 - State Scandal
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
Sep 24, 1959 • 30m
S1 E3 - Pickup
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
Oct 1, 1959 • 30m
S1 E4 - The Neon Touch
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
Oct 8, 1959 • 30m
S1 E5 - Extortion
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
Oct 15, 1959 • 30m
S1 E6 - The accusing finger
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
Oct 22, 1959 • 30m
S1 E7 - Mass Murder
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
Oct 29, 1959 • 30m
S1 E8 - The Case Of The Stranger
Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
Nov 5, 1959 • 30m
S1 E9 - Charm Boy
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
Nov 12, 1959 • 30m
S1 E10 - Old Man Lost
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
Nov 19, 1959 • 30m
S1 E11 - The Human Storm
It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
Nov 26, 1959 • 30m
S1 E12 - Hot Stuff
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
Dec 3, 1959 • 30m
S1 E13 - The Face of a Thief
A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
Dec 10, 1959 • 30m
S1 E14 - Murderess
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
Dec 17, 1959 • 30m
S1 E15 - Chain Reaction
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Dec 24, 1959 • 30m
S1 E16 - Clean Kill
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
Dec 31, 1959 • 30m
S1 E17 - Lonely Hearts Killer
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
Jan 7, 1960 • 30m
S1 E18 - Return to Murder
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
Jan 14, 1960 • 30m
S1 E19 - Scramble
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
Jan 21, 1960 • 30m
S1 E20 - Massacre
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
Jan 28, 1960 • 30m
S1 E21 - The Blue Dahlia
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
Feb 4, 1960 • 30m
S1 E22 - Checkmate
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
Feb 11, 1960 • 30m
S1 E23 - Jailbreak
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
Feb 18, 1960 • 30m
S1 E24 - Mad Bomber
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
Feb 25, 1960 • 30m
S1 E25 - Character Witness
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
Mar 3, 1960 • 30m
S1 E26 - Dumb Kid
A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
Mar 10, 1960 • 30m
S1 E27 - A Story for Christmas
William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
Mar 17, 1960 • 30m
S1 E28 - Birthday Present
A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
Mar 24, 1960 • 30m
S1 E29 - Suspicion of Murder
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
Mar 31, 1960 • 30m
S1 E30 - Thesis for Murder
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
Apr 7, 1960 • 30m
S1 E31 - Exposure
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.
Apr 14, 1960 • 30m
S1 E32 - Pig Woman
A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
Apr 21, 1960 • 30m
S1 E33 - To Move a Mountain
A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
Apr 28, 1960 • 30m
S1 E34 - One Tall, One Short
A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
May 5, 1960 • 30m
S1 E35 - The Cave
A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
May 12, 1960 • 30m
S1 E36 - The Two Ounce Trap
A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
May 19, 1960 • 30m
S1 E37 - The Last Knockout
Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
May 26, 1960 • 30m
S1 E38 - Episode 38
Feb 1, 1961 • 30m
S1 E39 - Smoke Screen
The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
Feb 4, 1961 • 30m
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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.
Drama • TV Series • 1959