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The Best Episodes of Deadline

Every episode of Deadline ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Deadline!

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...
Genre:Drama
Network:WPIX
Episodes
39
Avg. Rating
7.6
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.6
7.9
7.2

Best Episodes Summary

"Victor Reisel" is the best rated episode of "Deadline". It scored 8.6/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1959. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Jailbreak".

  • Victor Reisel
    8.6/10(18)
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    #1 - Victor Reisel

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/17/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jailbreak
    8.4/10(10)
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    #2 - Jailbreak

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 2/18/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Thesis for Murder
    8.4/10(13)
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    #3 - Thesis for Murder

    Season 1 Episode 30

    Aired 4/7/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Checkmate
    8.2/10(10)
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    #4 - Checkmate

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 2/11/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Clean Kill
    8.1/10(11)
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    #5 - Clean Kill

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 12/31/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Extortion
    8.0/10(12)
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    #6 - Extortion

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/15/1959

    A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chain Reaction
    8.0/10(12)
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    #7 - Chain Reaction

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 12/24/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Exposure
    8.0/10(11)
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    #8 - Exposure

    Season 1 Episode 31

    Aired 4/14/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One Tall, One Short
    8.0/10(10)
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    #9 - One Tall, One Short

    Season 1 Episode 34

    Aired 5/5/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • State Scandal
    7.9/10(14)
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    #10 - State Scandal

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/24/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Case Of The Stranger
    7.9/10(13)
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    #11 - The Case Of The Stranger

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/5/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Face of a Thief
    7.9/10(11)
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    #12 - The Face of a Thief

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/10/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cave
    7.9/10(12)
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    #13 - The Cave

    Season 1 Episode 35

    Aired 5/12/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mass Murder
    7.8/10(12)
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    #14 - Mass Murder

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 10/29/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Man Lost
    7.8/10(10)
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    #15 - Old Man Lost

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/19/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blue Dahlia
    7.8/10(10)
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    #16 - The Blue Dahlia

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 2/4/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pig Woman
    7.8/10(10)
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    #17 - Pig Woman

    Season 1 Episode 32

    Aired 4/21/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The accusing finger
    7.7/10(12)
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    #18 - The accusing finger

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/22/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hot Stuff
    7.7/10(11)
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    #19 - Hot Stuff

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 12/3/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • To Move a Mountain
    7.7/10(9)
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    #20 - To Move a Mountain

    Season 1 Episode 33

    Aired 4/28/1960

    A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Charm Boy
    7.6/10(12)
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    #21 - Charm Boy

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/12/1959

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Story for Christmas
    7.6/10(12)
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    #22 - A Story for Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 27

    Aired 3/17/1960

    William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Human Storm
    7.5/10(12)
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    #23 - The Human Storm

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 11/26/1959

    It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dumb Kid
    7.5/10(10)
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    #24 - Dumb Kid

    Season 1 Episode 26

    Aired 3/10/1960

    A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Massacre
    7.3/10(9)
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    #25 - Massacre

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 1/28/1960

    A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A