8.7/1017 votes#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
- 7.9/1013 votes
#2 - 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
- 7.2/1013 votes
#3 - Pickup
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1959
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1013 votes
#4 - The Neon Touch
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1959
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votes
#5 - Extortion
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1959
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1011 votes
#6 - 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
- 7.7/1011 votes
#7 - 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
- 7.9/1012 votes
#8 - 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
- 7.6/1011 votes
#9 - 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
- 7.7/109 votes
#10 - 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
- 7.4/1011 votes
#11 - 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
- 7.6/1010 votes
#12 - 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
- 7.8/1010 votes
#13 - 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
- 6.9/1011 votes
#14 - Murderess
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1959
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1011 votes
#15 - 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
- 8.1/1010 votes
#16 - 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
- 6.9/1011 votes
#17 - Lonely Hearts Killer
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1960
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1011 votes
#18 - Return to Murder
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1960
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1012 votes
#19 - Scramble
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1960
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/108 votes
#20 - Massacre
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1960
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/109 votes
#21 - 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
- 8.3/109 votes
#22 - 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
- 8.3/109 votes
#23 - 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
- 7.0/108 votes
#24 - Mad Bomber
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1960
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/109 votes
#25 - Character Witness
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1960
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Deadline Season 1
Every episode of Deadline Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Deadline Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Victor Reisel" is the best rated episode of "Deadline" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1959. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "State Scandal".