DeadlineSeason 11959 · 39 episodesEpisodes1Victor ReiselAs labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.2State ScandalReporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.3PickupA persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.4The Neon TouchTwo teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.5ExtortionA respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.6The accusing fingerReporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.7Mass MurderA plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.8The Case Of The StrangerNewsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.9Charm BoyA sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.10Old Man LostDon Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.11The Human StormIt takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.12Hot StuffTo expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.13The Face of a ThiefA brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.14MurderessA beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.15Chain ReactionA pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.16Clean KillAn unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.17Lonely Hearts KillerTwo newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.18Return to MurderTwo teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.19ScrambleReporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.20MassacreA berserk killer is on the loose in California.21The Blue DahliaA soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.22CheckmatePolice and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.23JailbreakThree convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.24Mad BomberIt's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.25Character WitnessReporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.26Dumb KidA cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.27A Story for ChristmasWilliam Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.28Birthday PresentA father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.29Suspicion of MurderBernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.30Thesis for MurderA brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime31ExposureA 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.32Pig WomanA woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.33To Move a MountainA reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.34One Tall, One ShortA wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."35The CaveA car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.36The Two Ounce TrapA rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.37The Last KnockoutReporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.38Episode 3839Smoke ScreenThe Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.
