Deadline
(1959)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
Smoke Screen
Episode 39 - 2-04-1961
30m
The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
7.1/10
Haven't Seen
The Last Knockout
Episode 37 - 5-26-1960
30m
Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
The Two Ounce Trap
Episode 36 - 5-19-1960
30m
A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.
6.3/10Haven't Seen
The Cave
Episode 35 - 5-12-1960
30m
A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
One Tall, One Short
Episode 34 - 5-05-1960
30m
A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."
8/10Haven't Seen
To Move a Mountain
Episode 33 - 4-28-1960
30m
A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Pig Woman
Episode 32 - 4-21-1960
30m
A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Exposure
Episode 31 - 4-14-1960
30m
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.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Thesis for Murder
Episode 30 - 4-07-1960
30m
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Suspicion of Murder
Episode 29 - 3-31-1960
30m
Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Birthday Present
Episode 28 - 3-24-1960
30m
A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
A Story for Christmas
Episode 27 - 3-17-1960
30m
William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Character Witness
Episode 25 - 3-03-1960
30m
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
7/10Haven't Seen
Mad Bomber
Episode 24 - 2-25-1960
30m
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
7/10Haven't Seen
Jailbreak
Episode 23 - 2-18-1960
30m
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Checkmate
Episode 22 - 2-11-1960
30m
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
The Blue Dahlia
Episode 21 - 2-04-1960
30m
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Scramble
Episode 19 - 1-21-1960
30m
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Return to Murder
Episode 18 - 1-14-1960
30m
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Lonely Hearts Killer
Episode 17 - 1-07-1960
30m
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Clean Kill
Episode 16 - 12-31-1959
30m
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Chain Reaction
Episode 15 - 12-24-1959
30m
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
8/10Haven't Seen
Murderess
Episode 14 - 12-17-1959
30m
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
7/10Haven't Seen
The Face of a Thief
Episode 13 - 12-10-1959
30m
A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Hot Stuff
Episode 12 - 12-03-1959
30m
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
The Human Storm
Episode 11 - 11-26-1959
30m
It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Old Man Lost
Episode 10 - 11-19-1959
30m
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Charm Boy
Episode 9 - 11-12-1959
30m
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
The Case Of The Stranger
Episode 8 - 11-05-1959
30m
Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Mass Murder
Episode 7 - 10-29-1959
30m
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
The accusing finger
Episode 6 - 10-22-1959
30m
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Haven't Seen
The Neon Touch
Episode 4 - 10-08-1959
30m
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Pickup
Episode 3 - 10-01-1959
30m
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
State Scandal
Episode 2 - 9-24-1959
30m
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Victor Reisel
Episode 1 - 9-17-1959
30m
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
8.7/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 8.7/10 8.3/10 8.3/10 8.3/10 8.1/10
Victor Reisel
Episode 1 - 9-17-1959
30m
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
8.7/10Haven't Seen
Checkmate
Episode 22 - 2-11-1960
30m
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Jailbreak
Episode 23 - 2-18-1960
30m
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Thesis for Murder
Episode 30 - 4-07-1960
30m
A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime
8.3/10Haven't Seen
Clean Kill
Episode 16 - 12-31-1959
30m
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
