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Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1110 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

Tightrope (1959)

Season 1 (Sept. 8, 1959, midnight)

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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Tightrope (1959)

Season 1 (Sept. 8, 1959, midnight)

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.

48
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IMDb
8.1
/164/
Trakt
10
/4/
TMDb
55
/2/
Clarence Greene
Clarence Greene
Director
Russell Rouse
Russell Rouse
Director
Mike Connors
Mike Connors
Jesse White
Jesse White
Whitney Blake
Whitney Blake
Tom McKee
Tom McKee
James Anderson
James Anderson
Alan Reed
Alan Reed
John Marley
John Marley
Bill Quinn
Bill Quinn

Sept. 8, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E1 - Getaway Day

Sept. 15, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E2 - The Casino

Sept. 22, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E3 - The Frame

Sept. 29, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E4 - 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.
Oct. 6, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E5 - The Cracking Point

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
Oct. 13, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E6 - Thousand Dollar Bill

Oct. 20, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E7 - Music and Mink

Nov. 3, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E8 - Man in the Middle

Nov. 10, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E9 - The Patsy

Nov. 17, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E10 - The Money Fight

Nov. 24, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E11 - Black Tie Kill

Dec. 1, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E12 - 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. 8, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E13 - The Lady

Dec. 15, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E14 - 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. 22, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E15 - The Neon Wheel

Dec. 29, 1959, midnight 0.0

S1E16 - 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.
Jan. 5, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E17 - 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. 12, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E18 - Broken Rope

Jan. 19, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E19 - Cold Ice

Jan. 26, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E20 - Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)

Feb. 2, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E21 - Three to Make Ready

Feb. 9, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E22 - The Model and the Mobster

Feb. 16, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E23 - 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. 23, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E24 - The Brave Pigeon

Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
March 1, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E25 - First Time Out

March 8, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E26 - Park Avenue Story

March 15, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E27 - Big Business

March 29, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E28 - The Chinese Pendant

April 5, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E29 - Achilles and His Heels

April 12, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E30 - The Gangster's Daughter

April 19, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E31 - The Penthouse Story

April 26, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E32 - The Shark

May 3, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E33 - 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 10, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E34 - The Hired Guns

May 17, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E35 - Borderline

The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
May 24, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E36 - 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 31, 1960, midnight 0.0

S1E37 - Bullets and Ballet

Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1110 min.
Released: Sept. 8, 1959
Last Air Date: May 31, 1960, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

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