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Tightrope

5.5 / 10

1959

1 season

37 episodes

DramaCrime

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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Cast

Mike Connors

Tom McKee

Jesse White

James Anderson

Alan Reed

John Marley

Bill Quinn

Alan Baxter

George Mitchell

Murvyn Vye

John Pinette

James Westerfield

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Getaway Day
08-09-195930m
Ep 2
2.The Casino
15-09-195930m
Ep 3
3.The Frame
22-09-195930m
Undercover agent Nick Stone infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves to find evidence that a man convicted of murder during a jewel robbery is actually innocent.
Ep 4
4.Stand on Velvet
29-09-195930m
The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.
Ep 5
5.The Cracking Point
06-10-195930m
The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
Ep 6
6.Thousand Dollar Bill
13-10-195930m
Ep 7
7.Music and Mink
20-10-195930m
Ep 8
8.Man in the Middle
03-11-195930m
Ep 9
9.The Patsy
10-11-195930m
Ep 10
10.The Money Fight
17-11-195930m
After a boxer is killed for not throwing a fight as ordered, Nick goes undercover by taking over as manager for another young prizefighter, planning eventually to get him to turn e...
Ep 11
11.Black Tie Kill
24-11-195930m
Ep 12
12.The Perfect Circle
01-12-195930m
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 o...
Ep 13
13.The Lady
08-12-195930m
Ep 14
14.Cold Kill
15-12-195930m
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.
Ep 15
15.The Neon Wheel
22-12-195930m
Ep 16
16.Two Private Eyes
29-12-195930m
Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.
Ep 17
17.Night of the Gun
05-01-196030m
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 John...
Ep 18
18.Broken Rope
12-01-196030m
Ep 19
19.Cold Ice
19-01-196030m
Ep 20
20.Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)
26-01-196030m
Ep 21
21.Three to Make Ready
02-02-196030m
Ep 22
22.The Model and the Mobster
09-02-196030m
Ep 23
23.The Long Odds
16-02-196030m
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 ru...
Ep 24
24.The Brave Pigeon
23-02-196030m
Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
Ep 25
25.First Time Out
01-03-196030m
Ep 26
26.Park Avenue Story
08-03-196030m
Ep 27
27.Big Business
15-03-196030m
Ep 28
28.The Chinese Pendant
29-03-196030m
Ep 29
29.Achilles and His Heels
05-04-196030m
Ep 30
30.The Gangster's Daughter
12-04-196030m
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 Baro...
Ep 31
31.The Penthouse Story
19-04-196030m
Ep 32
32.The Shark
26-04-196030m
Ep 33
33.The Horse Runs High
03-05-196030m
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.
Ep 34
34.The Hired Guns
10-05-196030m
Ep 35
35.Borderline
17-05-196030m
The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
Ep 36
36.A Matter of Money
24-05-196030m
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.
Ep 37
37.Bullets and Ballet
31-05-196030m

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