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Deadline - Season 1

Series: Deadline
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Episodes
40
Rating
NR
Year
1959
Language
English
Publisher
Film Chest

About

Lost and forgotten in a garage in New Jersey for over 50 years, the Deadline TV series (1959-61), which dramatized stories drawn from actual newspaper headlines of the 1950's, has been rediscovered to remind us of a time when newspaper reporters were revered as heroes and the guardians of truth and justice. Reporters are the first line of defense of the principles rooted in our Constitution and protected under the first amendment. They uphold everything that our civil society stands for. At a time when print news media is rapidly disappearing and news reporters are being vilified as "enemies of the people," Deadline has emerged from hibernation and is making its home video debut. Starring Peter Falk, Diane Ladd, George Maharis, Robert Lansing, and many more, this anthology series is available for the first time since it aired on prime-time TV nearly 60 years ago.

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Episodes

1 to 3 of 40

1. The Victor Riesel Story

26m

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This is the story of Victor Riesel, one of the most famous labor union investigative reporters.

2. State Scandal

26m

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Reporter George Thiem is caught between friendship and a scandal involving embezzled funds.

3. Pickup

27m

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An unlikely book salesman is the suspect in the murder of two women, and an obstinate newsman is convinced he is the killer.

4. The Neon Touch

26m

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Two teens, one wildly in love and the other using that to her advantage, go on a bad check spree and end up way in over their heads.

5. Extortion

26m

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A local respected doctor becomes the target of an extortionist... and the perpetrator may be a lot closer than he thinks.

6. The Accusing Finger

26m

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Reporter Ed Mowery tries to re-open a case when it becomes clear that the accused is a case of mistaken identity.

Extended Details

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Artists

Paul Stewartactor

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