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Tightrope

Season 1

1959 · 37 episodes

  1. 1. Getaway Day

    1959-09-08 · 30m

  2. 2. The Casino

    1959-09-15 · 30m

  3. 3. The Frame

    1959-09-22 · 30m

    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.

  4. 4. Stand on Velvet

    1959-09-29 · 30m

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

  5. 5. The Cracking Point

    1959-10-06 · 30m

    The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

  6. 6. Thousand Dollar Bill

    1959-10-13 · 30m

  7. 7. Music and Mink

    1959-10-20 · 30m

  8. 8. Man in the Middle

    1959-11-03 · 30m

  9. 9. The Patsy

    1959-11-10 · 30m

  10. 10. The Money Fight

    1959-11-17 · 30m

    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 evidence against the crooked promoter who ordered the killing.

  11. 11. Black Tie Kill

    1959-11-24 · 30m

  12. 12. The Perfect Circle

    1959-12-01 · 30m

    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. 13. The Lady

    1959-12-08 · 30m

  14. 14. Cold Kill

    1959-12-15 · 30m

    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. 15. The Neon Wheel

    1959-12-22 · 30m

  16. 16. Two Private Eyes

    1959-12-29 · 30m

    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. 17. Night of the Gun

    1960-01-05 · 30m

    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. 18. Broken Rope

    1960-01-12 · 30m

  19. 19. Cold Ice

    1960-01-19 · 30m

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

    1960-01-26 · 30m

  21. 21. Three to Make Ready

    1960-02-02 · 30m

  22. 22. The Model and the Mobster

    1960-02-09 · 30m

    Mobster Sid Zero is a man who gets what he wants in business and women by using muscle, threats, and, if necessary, murder. Nick goes undercover to bring him down, and tries to get the help of the latest young model Zero has forced into becoming his mistress.

  23. 23. The Long Odds

    1960-02-16 · 30m

    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. 24. The Brave Pigeon

    1960-02-23 · 30m

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

  25. 25. First Time Out

    1960-03-01 · 30m

  26. 26. Park Avenue Story

    1960-03-08 · 30m

  27. 27. Big Business

    1960-03-15 · 30m

  28. 28. The Chinese Pendant

    1960-03-29 · 30m

  29. 29. Achilles and His Heels

    1960-04-05 · 30m

  30. 30. The Gangster's Daughter

    1960-04-12 · 30m

    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. 31. The Penthouse Story

    1960-04-19 · 30m

  32. 32. The Shark

    1960-04-26 · 30m

  33. 33. The Horse Runs High

    1960-05-03 · 30m

    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. 34. The Hired Guns

    1960-05-10 · 30m

  35. 35. Borderline

    1960-05-17 · 30m

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

  36. 36. A Matter of Money

    1960-05-24 · 30m

    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. 37. Bullets and Ballet

    1960-05-31 · 30m

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