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Deadline(TV show/series, 1959-1961)

30min per episode | Genre: Drama

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 39 episodes

DeadlineRating: 2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Deadline is a 1959–61 American television drama series that re-enacted famous newspaper stories from the past. Violent action took precedence over plots in its episodes. ()
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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.

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Deadline Seasons and Episodes

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

Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/17/1959
Last episode released on: 02/04/1961
Keywords: newspaper, anthology

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