All Episodes of Checkmate
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All Episodes of Checkmate
Browse all episodes of Checkmate
Season 1
7.4/1035 votesDeath Runs Wild
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1960
Story tells of a demented woman out to kill private eye Anthony George. The instrument of death, as it turned out, was, a wild stallion she stocked on her ranch. Her motive was revenge. On a previous case, the private eye had brought her lover to justice and the gas chamber.
Director: Jules Munshin, Jules Bricken
Writer: James Gunn, John Kneubuhl
- 7.2/1035 votes
Interrupted Honeymoon
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1960
No description available
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1027 votes
Lady on the Brink
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1960
Checkmate comes to the aid of a woman with a traumatic past when it becomes evident that someone is trying to make it appear she's mentally unstable. discrediting her eye-witness testimony at a murder trial.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Howard Browne
- 7.0/1027 votes
Face in the Window
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1960
No description available
Director: Robert Florey
Writer: Leigh Brackett
- 7.6/1023 votes
Runaway
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1960
A girl shows up at Corey's apartment, claiming that she is running from someone who is trying to kill her. However, the detectives all find that nothing she has said checks out, including her numerous aliases, and that she's actually an heiress running from a controlling grandmother. But it does appear that the part about someone trying to kill her may be the truth.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: James Gunn
- 6.8/1023 votes
The Deadly Shadow
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1960
No description available
Director: Don Weis
Writer: William P. McGivern
- 6.7/1017 votes
The Dark Divide
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1960
Barbara Rush plays a dual role in The dark divide. Why should Margaret Russell's life be threatened? Her aunt keeps getting phone calls from a woman named Nikki Garnett, threatening Margaret. What motive could the woman have?
Director: Don Weis
Writer: James Gunn
- 6.9/1020 votes
Moment of Truth
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/1960
No description available
Director: Walter Doniger
Writer: Jameson Brewer
- 7.9/1020 votes
The Murder Game
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1960
Attorney Emory Olivant invites Corey, Sills and Dr. Hyatt to a party. Once all the guests have arrived, Olivant announces that they are going to play a game—a murder game in which he will be the killer.
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writer: Douglas Heyes
- 6.8/1015 votes
The Princess in the Tower
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/31/1960
No description available
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Unknown
- 5.8/1018 votes
The Terror from the East
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1961
No description available
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: Unknown
- 7.1/1050 votes
The Human Touch
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1961
Arguably the finest episode of the series, featuring guest star Peter Lorre as an ex-con criminal mastermind determined to wreak revenge on master criminologist Sebastian Cabot. An intricate series of cat and mouse moves between the two geniuses culminates in a surprise and ultimately poignant ending, befitting the episode title. This episode stresses the close friendships between the three detectives of CHECKMATE INCORPORATED as it contrasts with that of the brilliant, but soulless Lorre. Directing, writing and acting are all exemplary.
Director: Don Weis
Writer: James Gunn
- 7.9/1019 votes
Don't Believe a Word She Says
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/1961
No description available
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Unknown
- 6.7/1015 votes
The Gift
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1961
Lola Tuscany, a temperamental lady soprano, is having premonitions of her death. After her concert she is almost poisoned and Checkmate Inc. is hired to keep her safe. Don Corey is skeptical, believing it is a publicity stunt, until he is nearly killed when a bomb explodes in the car he and Lola are driving in.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.9/1020 votes
- 7.2/1018 votes
Goodbye Griff
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/15/1961
""Ex-convict Griff Nolan is jealous because his wife Libby earns more as a magazine editor than he does as a mechanic. More domestic strife develops when Griff becomes jealous of Libby's boss Lewis Bates --- and buys a gun."" -- TV Guide
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.5/1015 votes
State of Shock
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/24/1961
No description available
Director: James Wong Howe
Writer: Unknown