Tightrope

E1 Episode 1: Getaway Day

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• 30m
• Sep 8, 1959

E2 Episode 2: The Casino

• 30m
• Sep 15, 1959

E3 Episode 3: The Frame

• 30m
• Sep 22, 1959

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.

E4 Episode 4: Stand on Velvet

• 30m
• Sep 29, 1959

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

E5 Episode 5: The Cracking Point

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• Oct 6, 1959

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

E6 Episode 6: Thousand Dollar Bill

• 30m
• Oct 13, 1959

E7 Episode 7: Music and Mink

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• Oct 20, 1959

E8 Episode 8: Man in the Middle

• 30m
• Nov 3, 1959

E9 Episode 9: The Patsy

• 30m
• Nov 10, 1959

E10 Episode 10: The Money Fight

• 30m
• Nov 17, 1959

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.

E11 Episode 11: Black Tie Kill

• 30m
• Nov 24, 1959

E12 Episode 12: The Perfect Circle

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• Dec 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.

E13 Episode 13: The Lady

• 30m
• Dec 8, 1959

E14 Episode 14: Cold Kill

• 30m
• Dec 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.

E15 Episode 15: The Neon Wheel

• 30m
• Dec 22, 1959

E16 Episode 16: Two Private Eyes

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• Dec 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.

E17 Episode 17: Night of the Gun

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• Jan 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.

E18 Episode 18: Broken Rope

• 30m
• Jan 12, 1960

E19 Episode 19: Cold Ice

• 30m
• Jan 19, 1960

E20 Episode 20: Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)

• 30m
• Jan 26, 1960

E21 Episode 21: Three to Make Ready

• 30m
• Feb 2, 1960

E22 Episode 22: The Model and the Mobster

• 30m
• Feb 9, 1960

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.

E23 Episode 23: The Long Odds

• 30m
• Feb 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.

E24 Episode 24: The Brave Pigeon

• 30m
• Feb 23, 1960

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

E25 Episode 25: First Time Out

• 30m
• Mar 1, 1960

E26 Episode 26: Park Avenue Story

• 30m
• Mar 8, 1960

E27 Episode 27: Big Business

• 30m
• Mar 15, 1960

E28 Episode 28: The Chinese Pendant

• 30m
• Mar 29, 1960

E29 Episode 29: Achilles and His Heels

• 30m
• Apr 5, 1960

E30 Episode 30: The Gangster's Daughter

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• Apr 12, 1960

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.

E31 Episode 31: The Penthouse Story

• 30m
• Apr 19, 1960

E32 Episode 32: The Shark

• 30m
• Apr 26, 1960

E33 Episode 33: The Horse Runs High

• 30m
• May 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.

E34 Episode 34: The Hired Guns

• 30m
• May 10, 1960

E35 Episode 35: Borderline

• 30m
• May 17, 1960

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

E36 Episode 36: A Matter of Money

• 30m
• 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.

E37 Episode 37: Bullets and Ballet

• 30m
• May 31, 1960