Deadline

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  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1959
Deadline is a 1959–61 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...read more

Deadline is a 1959–61 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.

Original Release

09/17/1959

US Release

09/17/1959

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# Title Air Date
1 The Victor Riesel Story Thursday, 17 September 1959
2 State Scandal Thursday, 24 September 1959
3 Pickup Thursday, 01 October 1959
4 The Neon Touch Thursday, 08 October 1959
5 Extortion Thursday, 15 October 1959
6 The Accusing Finger Thursday, 22 October 1959
7 Flight 169--Mass Murder Thursday, 29 October 1959
8 The Case of the Stranger Thursday, 05 November 1959
9 Charm Boy Thursday, 12 November 1959
10 Old Man Lost Thursday, 19 November 1959
11 The Human Storm Thursday, 26 November 1959
12 Hot Stuff Thursday, 03 December 1959
13 The Face of a Thief Thursday, 10 December 1959
14 Murderess Thursday, 17 December 1959
15 Chain Reaction Thursday, 24 December 1959
16 Clean Kill Thursday, 31 December 1959
17 Lonely Hearts Killer
18 Return to Murder
19 Scramble
20 Massacre
21 The Blue Dahlia
22 Checkmate
23 Jail Break
24 The Mad Bomber
25 Character Witness
26 Dumb Kid
27 A Story for Christmas Thursday, 17 March 1960
28 Birthday Present
29 Suspicion of Murder
30 Thesis for Murder
31 Exposure Thursday, 14 April 1960
32 Pig Woman Thursday, 21 April 1960
33 To Move a Mountain Thursday, 28 April 1960
34 One Tall, One Short Thursday, 05 May 1960
35 The Cave Thursday, 12 May 1960
36 The Two Ounce Trap
37 The Last Knockout Thursday, 26 May 1960
38 Wetback Sunday, 08 January 1961
39 Smoke Screen Saturday, 04 February 1961

Directors

Stuart Rosenberg, David Alexander, Lawrence Doheny, Peter Godfrey, Paul Stewart, Don Richardson, William A. Graham, Mende Brown, Bruce Anderson, Paul Bogart

Writers

Leon Tokatyan, Mel Goldberg, Gail Ingram, Arnold Perl, Lillian Andrews, Raphael Hayes, Alvin Boretz, Camille Torabpour, Max Ehrlich, Louis Pelletier, Paul Monash, George Bellak, Douglas Taylor, Sheldon Stark, Mel Mandel, Allan Sloane, Peter Martin, Newton Meltzer, Jerome Coopersmith, Abram S. Ginnes, Sam Elkin, Saul Levitt

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Producers

Editors

John F. Hughes, Jack Drescher, James Gaffney, Angelo Ross, Anthony Ciccolini

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