Deadline
Deadline: Season 1

Air Date

September 17, 1959

Episodes

39 episodes

Deadline

Season 1

Episodes

1. Victor Reisel

September 17, 1959
30 min

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

2. State Scandal

September 24, 1959
30 min

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

3. Pickup

October 1, 1959
30 min

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

4. The Neon Touch

October 8, 1959
30 min

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

5. Extortion

October 15, 1959
30 min

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

6. The accusing finger

October 22, 1959
30 min

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

7. Mass Murder

October 29, 1959
30 min

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

8. The Case Of The Stranger

November 5, 1959
30 min

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

9. Charm Boy

November 12, 1959
30 min

A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.

10. Old Man Lost

November 19, 1959
30 min

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

11. The Human Storm

November 26, 1959
30 min

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

December 3, 1959
30 min

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

13. The Face of a Thief

December 10, 1959
30 min

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

14. Murderess

6.0
December 17, 1959
30 min

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

15. Chain Reaction

December 24, 1959
30 min

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

16. Clean Kill

December 31, 1959
30 min

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

17. Lonely Hearts Killer

January 7, 1960
30 min

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

18. Return to Murder

January 14, 1960
30 min

Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.

19. Scramble

January 21, 1960
30 min

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

20. Massacre

January 28, 1960
30 min

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

21. The Blue Dahlia

February 4, 1960
30 min

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

22. Checkmate

February 11, 1960
30 min

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

23. Jailbreak

February 18, 1960
30 min

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

24. Mad Bomber

February 25, 1960
30 min

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

25. Character Witness

March 3, 1960
30 min

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

26. Dumb Kid

March 10, 1960
30 min

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

27. A Story for Christmas

March 17, 1960
30 min

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

28. Birthday Present

March 24, 1960
30 min

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

March 31, 1960
30 min

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

30. Thesis for Murder

April 7, 1960
30 min

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

31. Exposure

April 14, 1960
30 min

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

April 21, 1960
30 min

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

33. To Move a Mountain

April 28, 1960
30 min

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

May 5, 1960
30 min

A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."

35. The Cave

May 12, 1960
30 min

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

36. The Two Ounce Trap

May 19, 1960
30 min

A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.

37. The Last Knockout

May 26, 1960
30 min

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

38. Episode 38

February 1, 1961
30 min

39. Smoke Screen

February 4, 1961
30 min

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