Tightrope

1959 - 1960 NR 30m 8.2

Mike Connors played an unnamed police undercover Agent who infiltrated organized crime to expose the leaders and their plots. His name changed with each episode in order to protect him. Originally, he was to be named Nick Stone, but...

Mike Connors played an unnamed police undercover Agent who infiltrated organized crime to expose the leaders and their plots. His name changed with each episode in order to protect him. Originally, he was to be named Nick Stone, but eventually, he was occasionally called "Nick".

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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.


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Info about Tightrope

Current Status: Ended

Network: CBS

Genres: Drama, Crime