Checkmate

E1 Episode 1: Death Runs Wild

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• 1h
• Sep 17, 1960

Story tells of a demented woman out to kill private eye Anthony George. The instrument of death, as it turned out, was, a wild stallion she stocked on her ranch. Her motive was revenge. On a previous case, the private eye had brought her lover to justice and the gas chamber.

E2 Episode 2: Interrupted Honeymoon

• 1h
• Sep 24, 1960

E3 Episode 3: The Cyanide Touch

• 1h
• Oct 1, 1960

E4 Episode 4: Lady on the Brink

• 1h
• Oct 15, 1960

Checkmate comes to the aid of a woman with a traumatic past when it becomes evident that someone is trying to make it appear she's mentally unstable. discrediting her eye-witness testimony at a murder trial.

E5 Episode 5: Face in the Window

• 1h
• Oct 22, 1960

E6 Episode 6: Runaway

• 1h
• Oct 29, 1960

A girl shows up at Corey's apartment, claiming that she is running from someone who is trying to kill her. However, the detectives all find that nothing she has said checks out, including her numerous aliases, and that she's actually an heiress running from a controlling grandmother. But it does appear that the part about someone trying to kill her may be the truth.

E7 Episode 7: Target: Tycoon

• 1h
• Nov 5, 1960

E8 Episode 8: The Deadly Shadow

• 1h
• Nov 12, 1960

E9 Episode 9: The Dark Divide

• 1h
• Nov 19, 1960

Barbara Rush plays a dual role in The dark divide. Why should Margaret Russell's life be threatened? Her aunt keeps getting phone calls from a woman named Nikki Garnett, threatening Margaret. What motive could the woman have?

E10 Episode 10: Moment of Truth

• 1h
• Nov 26, 1960

E11 Episode 11: The Mask of Vengeance

• 1h
• Dec 3, 1960

E12 Episode 12: The Murder Game

• 1h
• Dec 17, 1960

Attorney Emory Olivant invites Corey, Sills and Dr. Hyatt to a party. Once all the guests have arrived, Olivant announces that they are going to play a game—a murder game in which he will be the killer.

E13 Episode 13: The Princess in the Tower

• 1h
• Dec 31, 1960

E14 Episode 14: The Terror from the East

• 1h
• Jan 7, 1961

E15 Episode 15: The Human Touch

• 1h
• Jan 14, 1961

Arguably the finest episode of the series, featuring guest star Peter Lorre as an ex-con criminal mastermind determined to wreak revenge on master criminologist Sebastian Cabot. An intricate series of cat and mouse moves between the two geniuses culminates in a surprise and ultimately poignant ending, befitting the episode title. This episode stresses the close friendships between the three detectives of CHECKMATE INCORPORATED as it contrasts with that of the brilliant, but soulless Lorre. Directing, writing and acting are all exemplary.

E16 Episode 16: Hour of Execution

• 1h
• Jan 21, 1961

E17 Episode 17: Don't Believe a Word She Says

• 1h
• Jan 28, 1961

E18 Episode 18: Laugh Till I Die

• 1h
• Feb 4, 1961

E19 Episode 19: Between Two Guns

• 1h
• Feb 11, 1961

E20 Episode 20: A Matter of Conscience

• 1h
• Feb 18, 1961

E21 Episode 21: Melody for Murder

• 1h
• Feb 25, 1961

E22 Episode 22: Phantom Lover

• 1h
• Mar 4, 1961

A woman believes her husband has killed her male friend, who can not be found. She hires Checkmate to investigate.

E23 Episode 23: The Gift

• 1h
• Mar 11, 1961

Lola Tuscany, a temperamental lady soprano, is having premonitions of her death. After her concert she is almost poisoned and Checkmate Inc. is hired to keep her safe. Don Corey is skeptical, believing it is a publicity stunt, until he is nearly killed when a bomb explodes in the car he and Lola are driving in.

E24 Episode 24: One for the Book

• 1h
• Mar 18, 1961

E25 Episode 25: The Paper Killer

• 1h
• Mar 25, 1961

E26 Episode 26: Jungle Castle

• 1h
• Apr 1, 1961

After two attempts on his life, big game hunter Lee Tabor brings Dr. Hyatt and Carl to his home in the Malayan jungle. He asks for their help in finding out which of his three house guests is trying to kill him.

E27 Episode 27: The Deadly Silence

• 1h
• Apr 8, 1961

E28 Episode 28: Goodbye Griff

• 1h
• Apr 15, 1961

""Ex-convict Griff Nolan is jealous because his wife Libby earns more as a magazine editor than he does as a mechanic. More domestic strife develops when Griff becomes jealous of Libby's boss Lewis Bates --- and buys a gun."" -- TV Guide

E30 Episode 30: Voyage Into Fear

• 1h
• May 6, 1961

E31 Episode 31: Tight As a Drum

• 1h
• May 13, 1961

E32 Episode 32: Death by Design

• 1h
• May 20, 1961

Eve Arden, plays a fashion designer, worried that someone is out to destroy her and her business. Checkmate have two main suspects.

E33 Episode 33: The Thrill Seeker

• 1h
• May 27, 1961

E34 Episode 34: Hot Wind in a Cold Town

• 1h
• Jun 10, 1961

E35 Episode 35: A Slight Touch of Venom

• 1h
• Jun 17, 1961

E36 Episode 36: State of Shock

• 1h
• Jun 24, 1961