Tightrope
8.2
1959
Drama
, Crime
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
Episode 37 : Bullets and Ballet
May. 31,1960
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Episode 36 : 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.
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Episode 35 : Borderline
May. 17,1960
The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
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Episode 34 : The Hired Guns
May. 10,1960
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Episode 33 : The Horse Runs High
May. 03,1960
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.
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Episode 32 : The Shark
April. 26,1960
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Episode 31 : The Penthouse Story
April. 19,1960
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Episode 30 : The Gangster's Daughter
April. 12,1960
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Episode 29 : Achilles and His Heels
April. 05,1960
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Episode 28 : The Chinese Pendant
March. 29,1960
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Episode 27 : Big Business
March. 15,1960
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Episode 26 : Park Avenue Story
March. 08,1960
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Episode 25 : First Time Out
March. 01,1960
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Episode 24 : 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.
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Episode 23 : 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.
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Episode 22 : The Model and the Mobster
February. 09,1960
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Episode 21 : Three to Make Ready
February. 02,1960
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Episode 20 : Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)
January. 26,1960
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Episode 19 : Cold Ice
January. 19,1960
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Episode 18 : Broken Rope
January. 12,1960
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Episode 17 : Night of the Gun
January. 05,1960
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.
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Episode 16 : 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.
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Episode 15 : The Neon Wheel
December. 22,1959
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Episode 14 : 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.
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Episode 13 : The Lady
December. 08,1959
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Episode 12 : The Perfect Circle
December. 01,1959
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.
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Episode 11 : Black Tie Kill
November. 24,1959
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Episode 10 : The Money Fight
November. 17,1959
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Episode 9 : The Patsy
November. 10,1959
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Episode 8 : Man in the Middle
November. 03,1959
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Episode 7 : Music and Mink
October. 20,1959
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Episode 6 : Thousand Dollar Bill
October. 13,1959
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Episode 5 : The Cracking Point
October. 06,1959
The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
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Episode 4 : 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.
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Episode 3 : The Frame
September. 22,1959
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Episode 2 : The Casino
September. 15,1959
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Episode 1 : Getaway Day
September. 08,1959
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