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