Season
37 - Bullets and Ballet
May. 31,1960
36 - A Matter of Money
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.
35 - Borderline
May. 17,1960
The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
34 - The Hired Guns
May. 10,1960
33 - The Horse Runs High
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.
32 - The Shark
Apr. 26,1960
31 - The Penthouse Story
Apr. 19,1960
30 - The Gangster's Daughter
Apr. 12,1960
29 - Achilles and His Heels
Apr. 05,1960
28 - The Chinese Pendant
Mar. 29,1960
27 - Big Business
Mar. 15,1960
26 - Park Avenue Story
Mar. 08,1960
25 - First Time Out
Mar. 01,1960
24 - The Brave Pigeon
Feb. 23,1960
Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
23 - The Long Odds
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.
22 - The Model and the Mobster
Feb. 09,1960
21 - Three to Make Ready
Feb. 02,1960
20 - Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)
Jan. 26,1960
19 - Cold Ice
Jan. 19,1960
18 - Broken Rope
Jan. 12,1960
17 - Night of the Gun
Jan. 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.
16 - Two Private Eyes
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.
15 - The Neon Wheel
Dec. 22,1959
14 - Cold Kill
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.
13 - The Lady
Dec. 08,1959
12 - The Perfect Circle
Dec. 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.
11 - Black Tie Kill
Nov. 24,1959
10 - The Money Fight
Nov. 17,1959
9 - The Patsy
Nov. 10,1959
8 - Man in the Middle
Nov. 03,1959
7 - Music and Mink
Oct. 20,1959
6 - Thousand Dollar Bill
Oct. 13,1959
5 - The Cracking Point
Oct. 06,1959
The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
4 - Stand on Velvet
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.
3 - The Frame
Sep. 22,1959
2 - The Casino
Sep. 15,1959
1 - Getaway Day
Sep. 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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