37 episodes

Tightrope - Season 1

First aired Sep 8, 1959Season 1

Browse all 37 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Getaway Day

8.0
Sep 8, 195930 min1 votes

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Episode 2

The Casino

8.0
Sep 15, 195930 min1 votes

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Episode 3

The Frame

8.0
Sep 22, 195930 min1 votes

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.

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Episode 4

Stand on Velvet

9.0
Sep 29, 195930 min1 votes

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

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Episode 5

The Cracking Point

8.0
Oct 6, 195930 min1 votes

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

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Episode 6

Thousand Dollar Bill

8.0
Oct 13, 195930 min1 votes

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Episode 7

Music and Mink

NR
Oct 20, 195930 min

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Episode 8

Man in the Middle

NR
Nov 3, 195930 min

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Episode 9

The Patsy

8.0
Nov 10, 195930 min1 votes

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Episode 10

The Money Fight

NR
Nov 17, 195930 min

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.

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Episode 11

Black Tie Kill

NR
Nov 24, 195930 min

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Episode 12

The Perfect Circle

NR
Dec 1, 195930 min

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.

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Episode 13

The Lady

NR
Dec 8, 195930 min

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Episode 14

Cold Kill

NR
Dec 15, 195930 min

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.

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Episode 15

The Neon Wheel

8.0
Dec 22, 195930 min1 votes

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Episode 16

Two Private Eyes

NR
Dec 29, 195930 min

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

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Episode 17

Night of the Gun

9.0
Jan 5, 196030 min1 votes

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.

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Episode 18

Broken Rope

8.0
Jan 12, 196030 min1 votes

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Episode 19

Cold Ice

NR
Jan 19, 196030 min

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Episode 20

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

NR
Jan 26, 196030 min

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Episode 21

Three to Make Ready

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Feb 2, 196030 min

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Episode 22

The Model and the Mobster

NR
Feb 9, 196030 min

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.

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Episode 23

The Long Odds

NR
Feb 16, 196030 min

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.

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Episode 24

The Brave Pigeon

NR
Feb 23, 196030 min

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

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Episode 25

First Time Out

NR
Mar 1, 196030 min

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Episode 26

Park Avenue Story

NR
Mar 8, 196030 min

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Episode 27

Big Business

NR
Mar 15, 196030 min

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Episode 28

The Chinese Pendant

NR
Mar 29, 196030 min

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Episode 29

Achilles and His Heels

NR
Apr 5, 196030 min

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Episode 30

The Gangster's Daughter

NR
Apr 12, 196030 min

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.

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Episode 31

The Penthouse Story

NR
Apr 19, 196030 min

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Episode 32

The Shark

9.0
Apr 26, 196030 min1 votes

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Episode 33

The Horse Runs High

NR
May 3, 196030 min

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.

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Episode 34

The Hired Guns

NR
May 10, 196030 min

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Episode 35

Borderline

NR
May 17, 196030 min

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

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Episode 36

A Matter of Money

NR
May 24, 196030 min

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.

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Episode 37

Bullets and Ballet

NR
May 31, 196030 min

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