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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!

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...

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  1. Background image for Victor Reisel
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    #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
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    #2 - 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
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    #3 - 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
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    #4 - The Neon Touch

    S1:E4

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Extortion

    S1:E5

    A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - 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
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    #7 - Mass Murder

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - 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
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    #9 - 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
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    #10 - 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
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - 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
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    #12 - Hot Stuff

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - 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
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    #14 - Murderess

    S1:E14

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - 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
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    #16 - 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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    #17 - Lonely Hearts Killer

    S1:E17

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - Return to Murder

    S1:E18

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #19 - Scramble

    S1:E19

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Massacre

    S1:E20

    A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - 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
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - 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
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    #23 - 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
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    #24 - Mad Bomber

    S1:E24

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Character Witness

    S1:E25

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Victor Reisel" is the best rated episode of "Deadline" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/1959. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "State Scandal".