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Tightrope Season 1

September. 08,1959

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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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Tightrope

1959

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Mike Connors

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Tightrope Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 37 - Bullets and Ballet

First Aired: May. 31,1960

Episode 36 - A Matter of Money

First Aired: 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.

Episode 35 - Borderline

First Aired: May. 17,1960

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

Episode 34 - The Hired Guns

First Aired: May. 10,1960

Episode 33 - The Horse Runs High

First Aired: 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.

Episode 32 - The Shark

First Aired: April. 26,1960

Episode 31 - The Penthouse Story

First Aired: April. 19,1960

Episode 30 - The Gangster's Daughter

First Aired: April. 12,1960

Episode 29 - Achilles and His Heels

First Aired: April. 05,1960

Episode 28 - The Chinese Pendant

First Aired: March. 29,1960

Episode 27 - Big Business

First Aired: March. 15,1960

Episode 26 - Park Avenue Story

First Aired: March. 08,1960

Episode 25 - First Time Out

First Aired: March. 01,1960

Episode 24 - The Brave Pigeon

First Aired: February. 23,1960

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

Episode 23 - The Long Odds

First Aired: 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.

Episode 22 - The Model and the Mobster

First Aired: February. 09,1960

Episode 21 - Three to Make Ready

First Aired: February. 02,1960

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

First Aired: January. 26,1960

Episode 19 - Cold Ice

First Aired: January. 19,1960

Episode 18 - Broken Rope

First Aired: January. 12,1960

Episode 17 - Night of the Gun

First Aired: 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.

Episode 16 - Two Private Eyes

First Aired: 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.

Episode 15 - The Neon Wheel

First Aired: December. 22,1959

Episode 14 - Cold Kill

First Aired: 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.

Episode 13 - The Lady

First Aired: December. 08,1959

Episode 12 - The Perfect Circle

First Aired: 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.

Episode 11 - Black Tie Kill

First Aired: November. 24,1959

Episode 10 - The Money Fight

First Aired: November. 17,1959

Episode 9 - The Patsy

First Aired: November. 10,1959

Episode 8 - Man in the Middle

First Aired: November. 03,1959

Episode 7 - Music and Mink

First Aired: October. 20,1959

Episode 6 - Thousand Dollar Bill

First Aired: October. 13,1959

Episode 5 - The Cracking Point

First Aired: October. 06,1959

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

Episode 4 - Stand on Velvet

First Aired: 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.

Episode 3 - The Frame

First Aired: September. 22,1959

Episode 2 - The Casino

First Aired: September. 15,1959

Episode 1 - Getaway Day

First Aired: September. 08,1959

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