Deadline
Season 1
1959 · 39 episodes
1. Victor Reisel
1959-09-17 · 30m
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
2. State Scandal
1959-09-24 · 30m
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
3. Pickup
1959-10-01 · 30m
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
4. The Neon Touch
1959-10-08 · 30m
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
5. Extortion
1959-10-15 · 30m
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
6. The accusing finger
1959-10-22 · 30m
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
7. Mass Murder
1959-10-29 · 30m
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
8. The Case Of The Stranger
1959-11-05 · 30m
Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
9. Charm Boy
1959-11-12 · 30m
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
10. Old Man Lost
1959-11-19 · 30m
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
11. The Human Storm
1959-11-26 · 30m
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
1959-12-03 · 30m
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
13. The Face of a Thief
1959-12-10 · 30m
A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
14. Murderess
1959-12-17 · 30m
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
15. Chain Reaction
1959-12-24 · 30m
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
16. Clean Kill
1959-12-31 · 30m
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
17. Lonely Hearts Killer
1960-01-07 · 30m
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
18. Return to Murder
1960-01-14 · 30m
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
19. Scramble
1960-01-21 · 30m
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
20. Massacre
1960-01-28 · 30m
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
21. The Blue Dahlia
1960-02-04 · 30m
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
22. Checkmate
1960-02-11 · 30m
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
23. Jailbreak
1960-02-18 · 30m
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
24. Mad Bomber
1960-02-25 · 30m
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
25. Character Witness
1960-03-03 · 30m
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
26. Dumb Kid
1960-03-10 · 30m
A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.
27. A Story for Christmas
1960-03-17 · 30m
William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
28. Birthday Present
1960-03-24 · 30m
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
1960-03-31 · 30m
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
30. Thesis for Murder
1960-04-07 · 30m
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
31. Exposure
1960-04-14 · 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.
32. Pig Woman
1960-04-21 · 30m
A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
33. To Move a Mountain
1960-04-28 · 30m
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
1960-05-05 · 30m
A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
35. The Cave
1960-05-12 · 30m
A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
36. The Two Ounce Trap
1960-05-19 · 30m
A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
37. The Last Knockout
1960-05-26 · 30m
Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
38. Episode 38
1961-02-01 · 30m
39. Smoke Screen
1961-02-04 · 30m
The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
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