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.
- 1959-1961
- 1 season
- Film Chest Media Group
- 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.
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1959 - 1961
Episode 1
The Victor Riesel Story
30 mins
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
Episode 2
State Scandal
Thu, Sep 24, 1959 30 mins
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
Episode 3
Pickup
Thu, Oct 1, 1959 30 mins
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
Episode 4
The Neon Touch
Thu, Oct 8, 1959 30 mins
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
Episode 5
Extortion
Thu, Oct 15, 1959 30 mins
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
Episode 6
The Accusing Finger
Thu, Oct 22, 1959 30 mins
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
Episode 7
Flight 169--Mass Murder
Thu, Oct 29, 1959 30 mins
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
Episode 8
The Case of the Stranger
Thu, Nov 5, 1959 30 mins
Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
Episode 9
Charm Boy
Thu, Nov 12, 1959 30 mins
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
Episode 10
Old Man Lost
Thu, Nov 19, 1959 30 mins
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
Episode 11
The Human Storm
Thu, Nov 26, 1959 30 mins
It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
Episode 12
Hot Stuff
Thu, Dec 3, 1959 30 mins
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
Episode 13
The Face of a Thief
Thu, Dec 10, 1959 30 mins
A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
Episode 14
Murderess
Thu, Dec 17, 1959 30 mins
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
Episode 15
Chain Reaction
Thu, Dec 24, 1959 30 mins
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Episode 16
Clean Kill
Thu, Dec 31, 1959 30 mins
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
Episode 17
Lonely Hearts Killer
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
Episode 18
Return to Murder
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
Episode 19
Scramble
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
Episode 20
Massacre
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
Episode 21
The Blue Dahlia
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
Episode 22
Checkmate
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
Episode 23
Jail Break
Thu, Feb 18, 1960 30 mins
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
Episode 24
The Mad Bomber
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
Episode 25
Character Witness
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
Episode 26
Dumb Kid
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
Episode 27
A Story for Christmas
Thu, Mar 17, 1960 30 mins
William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
Episode 28
Birthday Present
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
Episode 29
Suspicion of Murder
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
Episode 30
Thesis for Murder
Thu, Oct 8, 2026 30 mins
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime.
Episode 31
Exposure
Thu, Apr 14, 1960 30 mins
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.
Episode 32
Pig Woman
Thu, Apr 21, 1960 30 mins
A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
Episode 33
To Move a Mountain
Thu, Apr 28, 1960 30 mins
A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
Episode 34
One Tall, One Short
Thu, May 5, 1960 30 mins
A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
Episode 35
The Cave
Thu, May 12, 1960 30 mins
A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
Episode 36
The Two Ounce Trap
Thu, May 19, 1960 30 mins
A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
Episode 37
The Last Knockout
Thu, May 26, 1960 30 mins
Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
Episode 38
Wetback
Sun, Jan 8, 1961
A reporter poses as a wetback an illegal Mexican immigrant in order to write a story about the dangerous process the Mexicans endure in order to enter the United States.
Episode 39
Smoke Screen
Sat, Feb 4, 1961 30 mins
The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
