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The Worst 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 The Two Ounce Trap
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #1 - The Two Ounce Trap

    S1:E36

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Scramble
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #2 - 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
  3. Background image for The Last Knockout
    6.6/10(11 votes)

    #3 - The Last Knockout

    S1:E37

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Suspicion of Murder
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    #4 - Suspicion of Murder

    S1:E29

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Neon Touch
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. Background image for Character Witness
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  8. Background image for Birthday Present
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Birthday Present

    S1:E28

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Murderess
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #8 - 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
  10. Background image for Massacre
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Massacre

    S1:E20

    A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Mad Bomber
    7.1/10(10 votes)

    #10 - 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
  12. Background image for Pickup
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #11 - 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
  13. Background image for Lonely Hearts Killer
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Lonely Hearts Killer

    S1:E17

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Return to Murder
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. Background image for Episode 38
    7.2/10(10 votes)

    #14 - Episode 38

    S1:E38

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Smoke Screen
    7.2/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Smoke Screen

    S1:E39

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

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

    #16 - Dumb Kid

    S1:E26

    A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

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

    #17 - 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
  19. Background image for A Story for Christmas
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #18 - A Story for Christmas

    S1:E27

    William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

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

    #19 - 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
  21. Background image for Hot Stuff
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #20 - Hot Stuff

    S1:E12

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

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

    #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
  23. Background image for To Move a Mountain
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #22 - 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
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for The accusing finger
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #23 - 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
  25. Background image for Old Man Lost
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #24 - 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
  26. Background image for Pig Woman
    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #25 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Two Ounce Trap" is the worst rated episode of "Deadline". It scored 6.4/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/19/1960. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Scramble".