Tightrope
Tightrope: Season 1

Air Date

September 8, 1959

Episodes

37 episodes

Tightrope

Season 1

Episodes

1. Getaway Day

September 8, 1959
30 min

2. The Casino

September 15, 1959
30 min

3. The Frame

September 22, 1959
30 min

4. Stand on Velvet

September 29, 1959
30 min

The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.

5. The Cracking Point

October 6, 1959
30 min

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

6. Thousand Dollar Bill

October 13, 1959
30 min

7. Music and Mink

October 20, 1959
30 min

8. Man in the Middle

November 3, 1959
30 min

9. The Patsy

November 10, 1959
30 min

10. The Money Fight

November 17, 1959
30 min

11. Black Tie Kill

November 24, 1959
30 min

12. The Perfect Circle

December 1, 1959
30 min

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.

13. The Lady

December 8, 1959
30 min

14. Cold Kill

December 15, 1959
30 min

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.

15. The Neon Wheel

December 22, 1959
30 min

16. Two Private Eyes

December 29, 1959
30 min

Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.

17. Night of the Gun

January 5, 1960
30 min

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.

18. Broken Rope

January 12, 1960
30 min

19. Cold Ice

January 19, 1960
30 min

20. Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)

January 26, 1960
30 min

21. Three to Make Ready

February 2, 1960
30 min

22. The Model and the Mobster

February 9, 1960
30 min

23. The Long Odds

February 16, 1960
30 min

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.

24. The Brave Pigeon

February 23, 1960
30 min

Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.

25. First Time Out

March 1, 1960
30 min

26. Park Avenue Story

March 8, 1960
30 min

27. Big Business

March 15, 1960
30 min

28. The Chinese Pendant

March 29, 1960
30 min

29. Achilles and His Heels

April 5, 1960
30 min

30. The Gangster's Daughter

April 12, 1960
30 min

The first step for Nick in infiltrating Vince Baron's gang is foiling the attempted kidnapping of Baron's daughter. He must also contend with a young upstart who wants to push Baron out as leader. What Nick was not expecting was to fall for the daughter.

31. The Penthouse Story

April 19, 1960
30 min

32. The Shark

April 26, 1960
30 min

33. The Horse Runs High

May 3, 1960
30 min

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.

34. The Hired Guns

May 10, 1960
30 min

35. Borderline

May 17, 1960
30 min

The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.

36. A Matter of Money

May 24, 1960
30 min

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.

37. Bullets and Ballet

May 31, 1960
30 min