Deadline Season 1

Deadline - Season 1

1959 • 39 episodes

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39 episodes
Sep 17, 1959

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39 episodes
Victor Reisel
Episode 1

Victor Reisel

Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1959

As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.

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State Scandal
Episode 2

State Scandal

Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1959

Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.

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Pickup
Episode 3

Pickup

Episode 3 • Oct 01, 1959

A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.

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The Neon Touch
Episode 4

The Neon Touch

Episode 4 • Oct 08, 1959

Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.

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Extortion
Episode 5

Extortion

Episode 5 • Oct 15, 1959

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

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The accusing finger
Episode 6

The accusing finger

Episode 6 • Oct 22, 1959

Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.

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Mass Murder
Episode 7

Mass Murder

Episode 7 • Oct 29, 1959

A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.

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The Case Of The Stranger
Episode 8

The Case Of The Stranger

Episode 8 • Nov 05, 1959

Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.

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Charm Boy
Episode 9

Charm Boy

Episode 9 • Nov 12, 1959

A 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
Episode 10

Old Man Lost

Episode 10 • Nov 19, 1959

Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.

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The Human Storm
Episode 11

The Human Storm

Episode 11 • Nov 26, 1959

It 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
Episode 12

Hot Stuff

Episode 12 • Dec 03, 1959

To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.

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The Face of a Thief
Episode 13

The Face of a Thief

Episode 13 • Dec 10, 1959

A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.

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Murderess
Episode 14

Murderess

Episode 14 • Dec 17, 1959

A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.

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Chain Reaction
Episode 15

Chain Reaction

Episode 15 • Dec 24, 1959

A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.

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Clean Kill
Episode 16

Clean Kill

Episode 16 • Dec 31, 1959

An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.

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Lonely Hearts Killer
Episode 17

Lonely Hearts Killer

Episode 17 • Jan 07, 1960

Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.

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Return to Murder
Episode 18

Return to Murder

Episode 18 • Jan 14, 1960

Two 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
Episode 19

Scramble

Episode 19 • Jan 21, 1960

Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.

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Massacre
Episode 20

Massacre

Episode 20 • Jan 28, 1960

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

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The Blue Dahlia
Episode 21

The Blue Dahlia

Episode 21 • Feb 04, 1960

A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.

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Checkmate
Episode 22

Checkmate

Episode 22 • Feb 11, 1960

Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.

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Jailbreak
Episode 23

Jailbreak

Episode 23 • Feb 18, 1960

Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.

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Mad Bomber
Episode 24

Mad Bomber

Episode 24 • Feb 25, 1960

It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.

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Character Witness
Episode 25

Character Witness

Episode 25 • Mar 03, 1960

Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.

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Dumb Kid
Episode 26

Dumb Kid

Episode 26 • Mar 10, 1960

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

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A Story for Christmas
Episode 27

A Story for Christmas

Episode 27 • Mar 17, 1960

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

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Birthday Present
Episode 28

Birthday Present

Episode 28 • Mar 24, 1960

A 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
Episode 29

Suspicion of Murder

Episode 29 • Mar 31, 1960

Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.

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Thesis for Murder
Episode 30

Thesis for Murder

Episode 30 • Apr 07, 1960

A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime

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Exposure
Episode 31

Exposure

Episode 31 • Apr 14, 1960

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.

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Pig Woman
Episode 32

Pig Woman

Episode 32 • Apr 21, 1960

A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.

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To Move a Mountain
Episode 33

To Move a Mountain

Episode 33 • Apr 28, 1960

A 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
Episode 34

One Tall, One Short

Episode 34 • May 05, 1960

A 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
Episode 35

The Cave

Episode 35 • May 12, 1960

A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.

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The Two Ounce Trap
Episode 36

The Two Ounce Trap

Episode 36 • May 19, 1960

A 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
Episode 37

The Last Knockout

Episode 37 • May 26, 1960

Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.

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Episode 38
Episode 38

Episode 38

Episode 38 • Feb 01, 1961

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Smoke Screen
Episode 39

Smoke Screen

Episode 39 • Feb 04, 1961

The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.

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