About this season
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.
Episodes (39)
1. Victor Reisel
Aired 17 September 1959 • 30 min
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
2. State Scandal
Aired 24 September 1959 • 30 min
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
3. Pickup
Aired 1 October 1959 • 30 min
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
4. The Neon Touch
Aired 8 October 1959 • 30 min
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
5. Extortion
Aired 15 October 1959 • 30 min
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
6. The accusing finger
Aired 22 October 1959 • 30 min
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
7. Mass Murder
Aired 29 October 1959 • 30 min
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
8. The Case Of The Stranger
Aired 5 November 1959 • 30 min
Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
9. Charm Boy
Aired 12 November 1959 • 30 min
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
10. Old Man Lost
Aired 19 November 1959 • 30 min
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
11. The Human Storm
Aired 26 November 1959 • 30 min
It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
12. Hot Stuff
Aired 3 December 1959 • 30 min
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
13. The Face of a Thief
Aired 10 December 1959 • 30 min
A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
14. Murderess
6.0Aired 17 December 1959 • 30 min
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
15. Chain Reaction
Aired 24 December 1959 • 30 min
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
16. Clean Kill
Aired 31 December 1959 • 30 min
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
17. Lonely Hearts Killer
Aired 7 January 1960 • 30 min
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
18. Return to Murder
Aired 14 January 1960 • 30 min
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
19. Scramble
Aired 21 January 1960 • 30 min
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
20. Massacre
Aired 28 January 1960 • 30 min
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
21. The Blue Dahlia
Aired 4 February 1960 • 30 min
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
22. Checkmate
Aired 11 February 1960 • 30 min
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
23. Jailbreak
Aired 18 February 1960 • 30 min
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
24. Mad Bomber
Aired 25 February 1960 • 30 min
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
25. Character Witness
Aired 3 March 1960 • 30 min
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
26. Dumb Kid
Aired 10 March 1960 • 30 min
A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
27. A Story for Christmas
Aired 17 March 1960 • 30 min
William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
28. Birthday Present
Aired 24 March 1960 • 30 min
A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
29. Suspicion of Murder
Aired 31 March 1960 • 30 min
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
30. Thesis for Murder
Aired 7 April 1960 • 30 min
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
31. Exposure
Aired 14 April 1960 • 30 min
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. Pig Woman
Aired 21 April 1960 • 30 min
A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
33. To Move a Mountain
Aired 28 April 1960 • 30 min
A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
34. One Tall, One Short
Aired 5 May 1960 • 30 min
A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
35. The Cave
Aired 12 May 1960 • 30 min
A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
36. The Two Ounce Trap
Aired 19 May 1960 • 30 min
A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
37. The Last Knockout
Aired 26 May 1960 • 30 min
Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
38. Episode 38
Aired 1 February 1961 • 30 min
39. Smoke Screen
Aired 4 February 1961 • 30 min
The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.