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.
Tightrope: Season 1 - 37 Episode s
1x1 - Getaway Day
September 8, 1959
1x2 - The Casino
September 15, 1959
1x3 - The Frame
September 22, 1959
1x4 - Stand on Velvet
September 29, 1959
The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.
1x5 - The Cracking Point
October 6, 1959
The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
1x6 - Thousand Dollar Bill
October 13, 1959
1x7 - Music and Mink
October 20, 1959
1x8 - Man in the Middle
November 3, 1959
1x9 - The Patsy
November 10, 1959
1x10 - The Money Fight
November 17, 1959
1x11 - Black Tie Kill
November 24, 1959
1x12 - The Perfect Circle
December 1, 1959
Barney 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.
1x13 - The Lady
December 8, 1959
1x14 - Cold Kill
December 15, 1959
An 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.
1x15 - The Neon Wheel
December 22, 1959
1x16 - Two Private Eyes
December 29, 1959
Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.
1x17 - Night of the Gun
January 5, 1960
Dan 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.
1x18 - Broken Rope
January 12, 1960
1x19 - Cold Ice
January 19, 1960
1x20 - Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)
January 26, 1960
1x21 - Three to Make Ready
February 2, 1960
1x22 - The Model and the Mobster
February 9, 1960
1x23 - The Long Odds
February 16, 1960
A 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.
1x24 - The Brave Pigeon
February 23, 1960
Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
1x25 - First Time Out
March 1, 1960
1x26 - Park Avenue Story
March 8, 1960
1x27 - Big Business
March 15, 1960
1x28 - The Chinese Pendant
March 29, 1960
1x29 - Achilles and His Heels
April 5, 1960
1x30 - The Gangster's Daughter
April 12, 1960
1x31 - The Penthouse Story
April 19, 1960
1x32 - The Shark
April 26, 1960
1x33 - The Horse Runs High
May 3, 1960
The 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.
1x34 - The Hired Guns
May 10, 1960
1x35 - Borderline
May 17, 1960
The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
1x36 - A Matter of Money
May 24, 1960
Nick 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.
1x37 - Bullets and Ballet
May 31, 1960
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