
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…
Drama, Crime • Series • 1959 • 1 season
Starring: Mike Connors
Created by: Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse
S1 E1 - Getaway Day
Sep 8, 1959 • 30m
S1 E2 - The Casino
Sep 15, 1959 • 30m
S1 E3 - The Frame
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.
Sep 22, 1959 • 30m
S1 E4 - Stand on Velvet
The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.
Sep 29, 1959 • 30m
S1 E5 - The Cracking Point
The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
Oct 6, 1959 • 30m
S1 E6 - Thousand Dollar Bill
Oct 13, 1959 • 30m
S1 E7 - Music and Mink
Oct 20, 1959 • 30m
S1 E8 - Man in the Middle
Nov 3, 1959 • 30m
S1 E9 - The Patsy
Nov 10, 1959 • 30m
S1 E10 - The Money Fight
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.
Nov 17, 1959 • 30m
S1 E11 - Black Tie Kill
Nov 24, 1959 • 30m
S1 E12 - The Perfect Circle
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.
Dec 1, 1959 • 30m
S1 E13 - The Lady
Dec 8, 1959 • 30m
S1 E14 - Cold Kill
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.
Dec 15, 1959 • 30m
S1 E15 - The Neon Wheel
Dec 22, 1959 • 30m
S1 E16 - Two Private Eyes
Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.
Dec 29, 1959 • 30m
S1 E17 - Night of the Gun
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.
Jan 5, 1960 • 30m
S1 E18 - Broken Rope
Jan 12, 1960 • 30m
S1 E19 - Cold Ice
Jan 19, 1960 • 30m
S1 E20 - Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)
Jan 26, 1960 • 30m
S1 E21 - Three to Make Ready
Feb 2, 1960 • 30m
S1 E22 - The Model and the Mobster
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.
Feb 9, 1960 • 30m
S1 E23 - The Long Odds
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.
Feb 16, 1960 • 30m
S1 E24 - The Brave Pigeon
Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
Feb 23, 1960 • 30m
S1 E25 - First Time Out
Mar 1, 1960 • 30m
S1 E26 - Park Avenue Story
Mar 8, 1960 • 30m
S1 E27 - Big Business
Mar 15, 1960 • 30m
S1 E28 - The Chinese Pendant
Mar 29, 1960 • 30m
S1 E29 - Achilles and His Heels
Apr 5, 1960 • 30m
S1 E30 - The Gangster's Daughter
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.
Apr 12, 1960 • 30m
S1 E31 - The Penthouse Story
Apr 19, 1960 • 30m
S1 E32 - The Shark
Apr 26, 1960 • 30m
S1 E33 - The Horse Runs High
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.
May 3, 1960 • 30m
S1 E34 - The Hired Guns
May 10, 1960 • 30m
S1 E35 - Borderline
The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
May 17, 1960 • 30m
S1 E36 - A Matter of Money
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.
May 24, 1960 • 30m
S1 E37 - Bullets and Ballet
May 31, 1960 • 30m
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Tightrope
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.
Drama, Crime • TV Series • 1959