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

Victor Reisel

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

State Scandal

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

Pickup

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

The Neon Touch

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

Extortion

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

The accusing finger

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

Mass Murder

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

The Case Of The Stranger

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

Charm Boy

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

Old Man Lost

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

The Human Storm

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

Hot Stuff

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

The Face of a Thief

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

Murderess

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

Chain Reaction

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

Clean Kill

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

Lonely Hearts Killer

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

Return to Murder

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

Scramble

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

Massacre

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

The Blue Dahlia

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

Checkmate

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

Jailbreak

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

Mad Bomber

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

Character Witness

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

Dumb Kid

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

A Story for Christmas

A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.

Birthday Present

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

Suspicion of Murder

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

Thesis for Murder

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.

Exposure

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

Pig Woman

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

To Move a Mountain

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

One Tall, One Short

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

The Cave

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

The Two Ounce Trap

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

The Last Knockout

Episode 38

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

Smoke Screen

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 was produced by Arnold Perl. Guest stars included Peter Falk, Diane Ladd, Robert Lansing, and George Maharis. Thirty-nine 30-minute episodes were produced.

The Best Seasons of Deadline

The Best Seasons of Deadline

Season 1