Tightrope

Season 1 Episode 37: Bullets and Ballet

May 31, 1960NR30m7.2

Stone ends up joining a pair of gangsters who take over a seaside mansion.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Getaway Day

1. Getaway Day

Aired: Sep 8, 1959

After receiving a tip from a dying police officer, Nick joins a gang of thugs...

Episode 2 The Casino

2. The Casino

Aired: Sep 15, 1959

The local mob is killing off the small operators who are horning in on their ...

Episode 3 The Frame

3. The Frame

Aired: Sep 22, 1959

Undercover agent Nick Stone infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves to find evide...

Episode 4 Stand on Velvet

4. Stand on Velvet

Aired: Sep 29, 1959

Nick goes undercover in the organization of a numbers racket boss, ultimately...

Episode 5 The Cracking Point

5. The Cracking Point

Aired: Oct 6, 1959

Nick infiltrates a bank robbery gang which uses blackmail to accomplish its e...

Episode 6 Thousand Dollar Bill

6. Thousand Dollar Bill

Aired: Oct 13, 1959

Nick works undercover on a bank robbery. After the thieves are apprehended, t...

Episode 7 Music and Mink

7. Music and Mink

Aired: Oct 20, 1959

Nick wants to get hired by a gang planning on cleaning out the vault at a jew...

Episode 8 Man in the Middle

8. Man in the Middle

Aired: Nov 2, 1959

A mobster just released from prison finds that his former protege now control...

Episode 9 The Patsy

9. The Patsy

Aired: Nov 9, 1959

To learn the identity of the head of a gambling syndicate and bring him down,...

Episode 10 The Money Fight

10. The Money Fight

Aired: Nov 16, 1959

After a boxer is killed for not throwing a fight as ordered, Nick goes underc...

Episode 11 Black Tie Kill

11. Black Tie Kill

Aired: Nov 23, 1959

An obsessive gambler, Jim Collins, is ordered to repay his debts by killing t...

Episode 12 The Perfect Circle

12. The Perfect Circle

Aired: Nov 30, 1959

A police detective vanishes after he is accused of robbing a train and killin...

Episode 13 The Lady

13. The Lady

Aired: Dec 7, 1959

After a polished blackmailer drives one woman to suicide, Nick goes undercove...

Episode 14 Cold Kill

14. Cold Kill

Aired: Dec 14, 1959

A shoe shop owner witnesses a mob murder, and Nick assumes the identity of th...

Episode 15 The Neon Wheel

15. The Neon Wheel

Aired: Dec 21, 1959

Posing as a businessman representing an electronic firm, Nick gets in with a ...

Episode 16 Two Private Eyes

16. Two Private Eyes

Aired: Dec 28, 1959

Nick's assignment is to bring down two crooked private detectives whose lates...

Episode 17 Night of the Gun

17. Night of the Gun

Aired: Jan 4, 1960

One of two witnesses to a mob killing is murdered. Though Nick has had all he...

Episode 18 Broken Rope

18. Broken Rope

Aired: Jan 11, 1960

While undercover on a payroll robbery in which a cashier is killed, Nick is s...

Episode 19 Cold Ice

19. Cold Ice

Aired: Jan 18, 1960

A diamond cutter is robbed of a prize stone, but refuses to cooperate with po...

Episode 21 Three to Make Ready

21. Three to Make Ready

Aired: Feb 1, 1960

Frank Teal, a criminal operator who hides behind legit businesses, has someon...

Episode 23 The Long Odds

23. The Long Odds

Aired: Feb 15, 1960

After an undercover officer is murdered while investigating illegal betting, ...

Episode 24 The Brave Pigeon

24. The Brave Pigeon

Aired: Feb 22, 1960

Family man Fred Anderson identifies a hired killer, who is then killed by pol...

Episode 25 First Time Out

25. First Time Out

Aired: Feb 29, 1960

Nick sets out to get hired by master criminal Pierre Renay whose heists are s...

Episode 26 Park Avenue Story

26. Park Avenue Story

Aired: Mar 7, 1960

A wealthy man is murdered on the street at night in an apparent holdup. But i...

Episode 27 Big Business

27. Big Business

Aired: Mar 14, 1960

Nick goes undercover to put an end to a racketeer who takes over businesses b...

Episode 28 The Chinese Pendant

28. The Chinese Pendant

Aired: Mar 28, 1960

Nick goes undercover as a jewel thief to bring down mob boss Ben Verlaine, no...

Episode 30 Gangster's Daughter

30. Gangster's Daughter

Aired: Apr 11, 1960

The first step for Nick in infiltrating Vince Baron's gang is foiling the att...

Episode 31 The Penthouse Story

31. The Penthouse Story

Aired: Apr 18, 1960

A restaurant owner and his wife both witness a murder, but are too afraid to ...

Episode 32 The Shark

32. The Shark

Aired: Apr 26, 1960

Nick goes undercover to bring down an organization of loan sharks. To do this...

Episode 33 The Horse Runs High

33. The Horse Runs High

Aired: May 3, 1960

Nick is assigned to bring down a gang that has been increasing the odds on th...

Episode 34 The Hired Guns

34. The Hired Guns

Aired: May 10, 1960

A witness to a murder committed by a man posing as a cop is so scared, and di...

Episode 35 Borderline

35. Borderline

Aired: May 17, 1960

Undercover to expose a narcotics ring operating across the Mexican border, Ni...

Episode 36 A Matter of Money

36. A Matter of Money

Aired: May 24, 1960

Nick goes undercover as a key shop assistant to bring down a gang that extort...

Episode 37 Bullets and Ballet

37. Bullets and Ballet

Aired: May 31, 1960

Stone ends up joining a pair of gangsters who take over a seaside mansion.

Info about Tightrope

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres:Drama, Crime