Tightrope - Season 1

1. Getaway Day

Aired: 9/8/1959

2. The Casino

Aired: 9/15/1959

3. The Frame

Aired: 9/22/1959

4. Stand on Velvet

Aired: 9/29/1959

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

5. The Cracking Point

Aired: 10/6/1959

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

6. Thousand Dollar Bill

Aired: 10/13/1959

7. Music and Mink

Aired: 10/20/1959

8. Man in the Middle

Aired: 11/3/1959

9. The Patsy

Aired: 11/10/1959

10. The Money Fight

Aired: 11/17/1959

11. Black Tie Kill

Aired: 11/24/1959

12. The Perfect Circle

Aired: 12/1/1959

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.

13. The Lady

Aired: 12/8/1959

14. Cold Kill

Aired: 12/15/1959

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.

15. The Neon Wheel

Aired: 12/22/1959

16. Two Private Eyes

Aired: 12/29/1959

Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.

17. Night of the Gun

Aired: 1/5/1960

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.

18. Broken Rope

Aired: 1/12/1960

19. Cold Ice

Aired: 1/19/1960

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

Aired: 1/26/1960

21. Three to Make Ready

Aired: 2/2/1960

22. The Model and the Mobster

Aired: 2/9/1960

23. The Long Odds

Aired: 2/16/1960

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.

24. The Brave Pigeon

Aired: 2/23/1960

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

25. First Time Out

Aired: 3/1/1960

26. Park Avenue Story

Aired: 3/8/1960

27. Big Business

Aired: 3/15/1960

28. The Chinese Pendant

Aired: 3/29/1960

29. Achilles and His Heels

Aired: 4/5/1960

30. The Gangster's Daughter

Aired: 4/12/1960

31. The Penthouse Story

Aired: 4/19/1960

32. The Shark

Aired: 4/26/1960

33. The Horse Runs High

Aired: 5/3/1960

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.

34. The Hired Guns

Aired: 5/10/1960

35. Borderline

Aired: 5/17/1960

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

36. A Matter of Money

Aired: 5/24/1960

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.

37. Bullets and Ballet

Aired: 5/31/1960