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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!

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...

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  1. Background image for Victor Reisel
    8.6/10(19 votes)

    #1 - Victor Reisel

    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Thesis for Murder
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Thesis for Murder

    S1:E30

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Jailbreak
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Jailbreak

    S1:E23

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Checkmate
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Checkmate

    S1:E22

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Extortion
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Extortion

    S1:E5

    A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Clean Kill
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Clean Kill

    S1:E16

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Exposure
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Exposure

    S1:E31

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for State Scandal
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #8 - State Scandal

    S1:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Case Of The Stranger
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #9 - The Case Of The Stranger

    S1:E8

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Face of a Thief
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #10 - The Face of a Thief

    S1:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Chain Reaction
    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #11 - Chain Reaction

    S1:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for One Tall, One Short
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #12 - One Tall, One Short

    S1:E34

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Cave
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #13 - The Cave

    S1:E35

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Mass Murder
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Mass Murder

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The accusing finger
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #15 - The accusing finger

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Old Man Lost
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Old Man Lost

    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Pig Woman
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Pig Woman

    S1:E32

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Charm Boy
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Charm Boy

    S1:E9

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Hot Stuff
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #19 - Hot Stuff

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Blue Dahlia
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #20 - The Blue Dahlia

    S1:E21

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for To Move a Mountain
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #21 - To Move a Mountain

    S1:E33

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The Human Storm
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #22 - The Human Storm

    S1:E11

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for A Story for Christmas
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #23 - A Story for Christmas

    S1:E27

    William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Dumb Kid
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #24 - Dumb Kid

    S1:E26

    A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Pickup
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #25 - Pickup

    S1:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Victor Reisel" is the best rated episode of "Deadline". It scored 8.6/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/1959. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Thesis for Murder".