Tightrope (1959)
Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Williams Company, and American Tobacco. Produced by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in association with Screen Gems, the series stars Mike Connors as an undercover agent named "Nick" who was assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs. The show was to have originally been titled Undercover Man but it was changed before going to air.
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Episode 1 - Getaway Day
Release Date: 1959-09-08 -
Episode 2 - The Casino
Release Date: 1959-09-15 -
Episode 3 - The Frame
Release Date: 1959-09-22 -
Episode 4 - Stand on Velvet
Release Date: 1959-09-29The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.
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Episode 5 - The Cracking Point
Release Date: 1959-10-06The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
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Episode 6 - Thousand Dollar Bill
Release Date: 1959-10-13 -
Episode 7 - Music and Mink
Release Date: 1959-10-20 -
Episode 8 - Man in the Middle
Release Date: 1959-11-03 -
Episode 9 - The Patsy
Release Date: 1959-11-10 -
Episode 10 - The Money Fight
Release Date: 1959-11-17 -
Episode 11 - Black Tie Kill
Release Date: 1959-11-24 -
Episode 12 - The Perfect Circle
Release Date: 1959-12-01Barney MacCready puts his train-robbery plan into action. First he kidnaps a detective, then he has two of his henchmen board the train one posing as the missing detective the other as his prisoner.
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Episode 13 - The Lady
Release Date: 1959-12-08 -
Episode 14 - Cold Kill
Release Date: 1959-12-15An undercover agent assumes the identity of a killer hired to rub out a murder witness. But the intended victim is hiding, and the first task is to smoke him out.
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Episode 15 - The Neon Wheel
Release Date: 1959-12-22 -
Episode 16 - Two Private Eyes
Release Date: 1959-12-29Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.
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Episode 17 - Night of the Gun
Release Date: 1960-01-05Dan Hawley and David Johnson, witnesses to a murder committed by gangster Jimmy Farrow, are a target for Larry Maddox, a hired killer. After Maddox kills Hawley, police take Johnson's wife and children into protective custody. Johnson, fearing for his life, goes into hiding. Nick is put on the case.
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Episode 18 - Broken Rope
Release Date: 1960-01-12 -
Episode 19 - Cold Ice
Release Date: 1960-01-19 -
Episode 20 - Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)
Release Date: 1960-01-26 -
Episode 21 - Three to Make Ready
Release Date: 1960-02-02 -
Episode 22 - The Model and the Mobster
Release Date: 1960-02-09 -
Episode 23 - The Long Odds
Release Date: 1960-02-16A detective assigned to investigate a phoney health club is killed by one of the club owners. An undercover agent follows up, convincing the gangsters that he's a gambler on the run.
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Episode 24 - The Brave Pigeon
Release Date: 1960-02-23Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
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Episode 25 - First Time Out
Release Date: 1960-03-01 -
Episode 26 - Park Avenue Story
Release Date: 1960-03-08 -
Episode 27 - Big Business
Release Date: 1960-03-15 -
Episode 28 - The Chinese Pendant
Release Date: 1960-03-29 -
Episode 29 - Achilles and His Heels
Release Date: 1960-04-05 -
Episode 30 - The Gangster's Daughter
Release Date: 1960-04-12 -
Episode 31 - The Penthouse Story
Release Date: 1960-04-19 -
Episode 32 - The Shark
Release Date: 1960-04-26 -
Episode 33 - The Horse Runs High
Release Date: 1960-05-03The undercover agent is assigned to break up a gambling ring that bets heavily on certain horses--and then makes sure they win by doping them.
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Episode 34 - The Hired Guns
Release Date: 1960-05-10 -
Episode 35 - Borderline
Release Date: 1960-05-17The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
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Episode 36 - A Matter of Money
Release Date: 1960-05-24Nick is assigned to break up a gang headed by Steve Taylor. This particularly unsavory gang uses threats and violence to force small shopkeepers to pay for protection.
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Episode 37 - Bullets and Ballet
Release Date: 1960-05-31