All Episodes of Espionage
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Pulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War.
Season 1
N/A/100 votesA Covenant with Death
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1963
During World War II, two Norwegian resistance fighters are tried for the deaths of an elderly couple.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Peter Stone
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The Weakling
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1963
An American commando is sent to occupied France to contact the underground, but he's captured and endures horrific torture by the Nazis, protecting what he believes to be a top military secret.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Arnold Perl
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The Incurable One
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1963
Celeste, a Scandinavian aristocrat who has lost everything in the war, is trained as a killer and spy by an American officer in World War II. But, years after the war, he learns that killing has become a habit with her.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Sidney Carroll, Albert Ruben, Halsted Welles
- N/A/100 votes
The Gentle Spies
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1963
An Aldermaston-type ban-the-bomb group is staging sit-in demonstrations around London, even on the steps of Whitehall. Worse, they keep releasing top secret documents in fliers and press releases, so a young agent is sent to infiltrate them to discover who their government source is.
Director: David Greene
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
- N/A/100 votes
He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1963
During the First World War, Sir Roger Casement returns to Ireland to lead the Easter Rising.
Director: David Greene
Writer: Alvin Sapinsley
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To the Very End
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1963
A young American in France joins a trio of French anti-nuclear protesters in the kidnapping of Professor Moreau, an eminent scientist. But one of them has another agenda - a personal revenge on the Professor.
Director: David Greene
Writer: David Greene, Norman Borisoff
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The Dragon Slayer
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/1963
Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen is kidnapped in London and held prisoner.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Writer: Albert Ruben, Halsted Welles, Raymond Bowers
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The Whistling Shrimp
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1963
A journalist begins to suspect CIA involvement in the internal politics of a newly-emergent African nation.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Leon Tokatyan
- N/A/100 votes
The Light of a Friendly Star
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1963
A spy gets into the British embassy in West Germany. He manages to get some secrets, but to make good his escape, he reluctantly must kidnap the ambassador's 10 year old daughter.
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: John Gay
- N/A/100 votes
Festival of Pawns
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1963
The beautiful Lina has defected to the West from East Germany. But is she a genuine refugee or a spy?
Director: James Sheldon
Writer: Robert Dozier
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A Camel to Ride
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1963
Catholic priest Father James leads protests against a nation's oppressive goverment.
Director: Fielder Cook
Writer: John Furia, Jr.
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Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/1/1964
A multi-national commando team raid a Heavy Water plant in occupied Europe - and come away with the Chief Scientist...but which country will win the battle for the scientist's deadly knowledge...and will the team survive the sudden tensions the scientist brings?
Director: Michael Powell
Writer: Waldo Salt
- N/A/100 votes
Medal for a Turned Coat
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/1964
A German officer arrives in wartime England to negotiate a peace settlement in the event of Hitler's being assassinated by his own High Command.
Director: David Greene
Writer: David Greene, Larry Cohen
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The Final Decision
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1964
When Richard Carey is told by his doctor that he's going to die soon, his first reaction is to get drunk and stay drunk. But the mysterious Mr. Smith has another suggestion about what to do with the time he has left.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: Donald Jonson
- N/A/100 votes
Do You Remember Leo Winters?
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/29/1964
A onetime WWII hero diver is reactivated to do some underwater spying for MI5-against an American naval vessel anchored at Portsmouth. But is he reliable?
Director: Robert Butler
Writer: Art Wallace
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We, the Hunted
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/5/1964
An old man living in Spain seems likely to be be an escaped Nazi war criminal. Israeli agents arrive to investigate.
Director: Ken Hughes
Writer: Peter Yeldham
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The Frantick Rebel
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/12/1964
It's 1777, and a mysterious lady is in London...is she spying for the American revolutionaries? Dr Johnson and Boswell investigate, but always seem a couple of steps behind.
Director: Michael Powell
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
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Castles in Spain
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1964
An aging onetime revolutionary war fighter returns to Spain to visit a fellow American friend, but complications arise when a badly wounded young man, hiding from the police, conceals himself in the American's car.
Director: Anton Leader
Writer: Raymond Bowers
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Snow on Mount Kama
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/26/1964
As a British colony in Africa moves toward independence, the foreign office recommends the white citizens leave. As some plot an insurrection against the incoming Black president, we study the turmoil of a young government man whose father-in-law may be in on the scheme.
Director: Ken Hughes
Writer: Donald Jonson, Ken Hughes, Allan Prior
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Once a Spy...
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/1964
A washed-up British spy, desperate for one last big chance to prove himself to his superiors, agrees to go on a secret mission in Africa – unaware that his chief wants him to fail.
Director: David Greene
Writer: Julian Bond
- N/A/100 votes
The Liberators
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/1964
An American mercenary is sent to a small Latin American country to rescue the famous revolutionary Escalon — but finds a different kind of man than the one he was expecting.
Director: Seth Holt
Writer: John Furia, Jr.
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Some Other Kind of World
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/1964
When an American jazz band does a goodwill performance in Russia, their self-important guitarist defies state department guidelines and goes out with a local girl, leading to KGB intervention and charges of spying.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: Joseph Liss
- N/A/100 votes
A Free Agent
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/21/1964
When a Soviet agent falls in love with a woman on the other side, he falls under the scrutiny of his allies and his enemies.
Director: Michael Powell
Writer: Leo Marks
- N/A/100 votes
A Tiny Drop of Poison
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1964
A rumor is deliberately spread to the effect that an American embassy official is 'emotionally unstable'.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: John D. Hess