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.
Sep 17, 1959 - 30m
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
Sep 24, 1959 - 30m
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
Oct 1, 1959 - 30m
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
Oct 8, 1959 - 30m
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
Oct 15, 1959 - 30m
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
Oct 22, 1959 - 30m
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
Oct 29, 1959 - 30m
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
Nov 5, 1959 - 30m
Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
Nov 12, 1959 - 30m
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
Nov 19, 1959 - 30m
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
Nov 26, 1959 - 30m
It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
Dec 3, 1959 - 30m
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
Dec 10, 1959 - 30m
A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
Dec 17, 1959 - 30m
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
Dec 24, 1959 - 30m
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Dec 31, 1959 - 30m
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
Jan 7, 1960 - 30m
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
Jan 14, 1960 - 30m
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
Jan 21, 1960 - 30m
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
Jan 28, 1960 - 30m
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
Feb 4, 1960 - 30m
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
Feb 11, 1960 - 30m
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
Feb 18, 1960 - 30m
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
Feb 25, 1960 - 30m
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
Mar 3, 1960 - 30m
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
Mar 10, 1960 - 30m
A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
Mar 17, 1960 - 30m
William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
Mar 24, 1960 - 30m
A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
Mar 31, 1960 - 30m
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
Apr 7, 1960 - 30m
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
Apr 14, 1960 - 30m
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 21, 1960 - 30m
A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
Apr 28, 1960 - 30m
A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
May 5, 1960 - 30m
A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
May 12, 1960 - 30m
A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
May 19, 1960 - 30m
A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
May 26, 1960 - 30m
Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
Feb 1, 1961 - 30m
No overview available.
Feb 4, 1961 - 30m
The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
