Paul Stewart
as Narrator / Host
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Deadline
1959
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7.3
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Drama
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30m
US
• English
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.
Cast
Episodes
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Victor Reisel
E1 30mAs labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
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State Scandal
E2 30mReporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
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Pickup
E3 30mA persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
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The Neon Touch
E4 30mTwo teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
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Extortion
E5 30mA respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
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The accusing finger
E6 30mReporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
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Mass Murder
E7 30mA plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
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The Case Of The Stranger
E8 30mNewsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
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Charm Boy
E9 30mA sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
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Old Man Lost
E10 30mDon Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
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The Human Storm
E11 30mIt takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
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Hot Stuff
E12 30mTo expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
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The Face of a Thief
E13 30mA brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
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Murderess
E14 30mA beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
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Chain Reaction
E15 30mA pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
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Clean Kill
E16 30mAn unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
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Lonely Hearts Killer
E17 30mTwo newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
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Return to Murder
E18 30mTwo teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
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Scramble
E19 30mReporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
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Massacre
E20 30mA berserk killer is on the loose in California.
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The Blue Dahlia
E21 30mA soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
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Checkmate
E22 30mPolice and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
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Jailbreak
E23 30mThree convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
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Mad Bomber
E24 30mIt's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
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Character Witness
E25 30mReporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
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Dumb Kid
E26 30mA cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
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A Story for Christmas
E27 30mWilliam Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
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Birthday Present
E28 30mA father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
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Suspicion of Murder
E29 30mBernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
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Thesis for Murder
E30 30mA brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
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Exposure
E31 30mA 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.
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Pig Woman
E32 30mA woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
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To Move a Mountain
E33 30mA reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
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One Tall, One Short
E34 30mA wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
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The Cave
E35 30mA car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
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The Two Ounce Trap
E36 30mA rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
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The Last Knockout
E37 30mReporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
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Smoke Screen
E39 30mThe Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
