Paul Stewart
Deadline (1959)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 17, 1959
Episode 30 min
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Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.newspaper, tmdb.anthology, imdb.newspaper, imdb.anthology
Production Companies: UCLA Film and Television Archive
Network: WPIX
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Victor Reisel
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
Sept. 17, 1959, midnight
S1E2 - State Scandal
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
Sept. 24, 1959, midnight
S1E3 - Pickup
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
Oct. 1, 1959, midnight
S1E4 - The Neon Touch
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
Oct. 8, 1959, midnight
S1E5 - Extortion
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
Oct. 15, 1959, midnight
S1E6 - The accusing finger
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
Oct. 22, 1959, midnight
S1E7 - Mass Murder
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
Oct. 29, 1959, midnight
S1E8 - 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, midnight
S1E9 - Charm Boy
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
Nov. 12, 1959, midnight
S1E10 - Old Man Lost
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
Nov. 19, 1959, midnight
S1E11 - 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, midnight
S1E12 - Hot Stuff
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
Dec. 3, 1959, midnight
S1E13 - 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, midnight
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S1E14 - Murderess
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
Dec. 17, 1959, midnight
S1E15 - Chain Reaction
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Dec. 24, 1959, midnight
S1E16 - Clean Kill
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
Dec. 31, 1959, midnight
S1E17 - Lonely Hearts Killer
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
Jan. 7, 1960, midnight
S1E18 - 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, midnight
S1E19 - Scramble
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
Jan. 21, 1960, midnight
S1E20 - Massacre
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
Jan. 28, 1960, midnight
S1E21 - The Blue Dahlia
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
Feb. 4, 1960, midnight
S1E22 - Checkmate
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
Feb. 11, 1960, midnight
S1E23 - Jailbreak
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
Feb. 18, 1960, midnight
S1E24 - Mad Bomber
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
Feb. 25, 1960, midnight
S1E25 - Character Witness
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
March 3, 1960, midnight
S1E26 - Dumb Kid
A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
March 10, 1960, midnight
S1E27 - A Story for Christmas
William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
March 17, 1960, midnight
S1E28 - Birthday Present
A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
March 24, 1960, midnight
S1E29 - Suspicion of Murder
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
March 31, 1960, midnight
S1E30 - Thesis for Murder
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
April 7, 1960, midnight
S1E31 - 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.
April 14, 1960, midnight
S1E32 - Pig Woman
A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
April 21, 1960, midnight
S1E33 - 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.
April 28, 1960, midnight
S1E34 - 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, midnight
S1E35 - The Cave
A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
May 12, 1960, midnight
S1E36 - 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, midnight
S1E37 - 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, midnight
S1E38 - Episode 38
Feb. 1, 1961, midnight
S1E39 - Smoke Screen
The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
Feb. 4, 1961, midnight
Network: WPIX
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Sept. 17, 1959
Last Air Date: Feb. 4, 1961, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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