Tightrope
Tightrope

Tightrope

1959 1 Seasons 37 Episodes ⭐ 6.3 Drama Crime

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.

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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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Getaway Day

EP 2

The Casino

EP 3

The Frame

Undercover agent Nick Stone infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves to find evidence that a man convicted of murder during a

EP 4

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.

EP 5

The Cracking Point

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

EP 6

Thousand Dollar Bill

EP 7

Music and Mink

EP 8

Man in the Middle

EP 9

The Patsy

EP 10

The Money Fight

After a boxer is killed for not throwing a fight as ordered, Nick goes undercover by taking over as manager for another

EP 11

Black Tie Kill

EP 12

The Perfect Circle

Barney MacCready puts his train-robbery plan into action. First he kidnaps a detective, then he has two of his henchmen

EP 13

The Lady

EP 14

Cold Kill

An undercover agent assumes the identity of a killer hired to rub out a murder witness. But the intended victim is hid

EP 15

The Neon Wheel

EP 16

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.

EP 17

Night of the Gun

Dan Hawley and David Johnson, witnesses to a murder committed by gangster Jimmy Farrow, are a target for Larry Maddox,

EP 18

Broken Rope

EP 19

Cold Ice

EP 20

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

EP 21

Three to Make Ready

EP 22

The Model and the Mobster

EP 23

The Long Odds

A detective assigned to investigate a phoney health club is killed by one of the club owners. An undercover agent follow

EP 24

The Brave Pigeon

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

EP 25

First Time Out

EP 26

Park Avenue Story

EP 27

Big Business

EP 28

The Chinese Pendant

EP 29

Achilles and His Heels

EP 30

The Gangster's Daughter

The first step for Nick in infiltrating Vince Baron's gang is foiling the attempted kidnapping of Baron's daughter. He m

EP 31

The Penthouse Story

EP 32

The Shark

EP 33

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 th

EP 34

The Hired Guns

EP 35

Borderline

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

EP 36

A Matter of Money

Nick is assigned to break up a gang headed by Steve Taylor. This particularly unsavory gang uses threats and violence

EP 37

Bullets and Ballet

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