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Getaway Day

The Casino

Undercover agent Nick Stone infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves to find evidence that a man convicted of murder during a jewel robbery is actually innocent.

The Frame

The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.

Stand on Velvet

The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.

The Cracking Point

Thousand Dollar Bill

Music and Mink

Man in the Middle

The Patsy

After a boxer is killed for not throwing a fight as ordered, Nick goes undercover by taking over as manager for another young prizefighter, planning eventually to get him to turn evidence against the crooked promoter who ordered the killing.

The Money Fight

Black Tie Kill

Barney MacCready puts his train-robbery plan into action. First he kidnaps a detective, then he has two of his henchmen board the train    one posing as the missing detective the other as his prisoner.

The Perfect Circle

The Lady

An undercover agent assumes the identity of a killer hired to rub   out a murder witness. But the intended victim is hiding, and the first task is to smoke him out.

Cold Kill

The Neon Wheel

Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.

Two Private Eyes

Dan Hawley and David Johnson, witnesses to a murder committed by   gangster Jimmy Farrow, are a target for Larry Maddox, a hired killer. After Maddox kills Hawley, police take Johnson's wife and children into protective custody. Johnson, fearing for his life, goes into hiding. Nick is put on the case.

Night of the Gun

Broken Rope

Cold Ice

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

Three to Make Ready

The Model and the Mobster

A detective assigned to investigate a phoney health club is killed by one of the club owners. An undercover agent follows up, convincing the gangsters that he's a gambler on the run.

The Long Odds

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

The Brave Pigeon

First Time Out

Park Avenue Story

Big Business

The Chinese Pendant

Achilles and His Heels

The first step for Nick in infiltrating Vince Baron's gang is foiling the attempted kidnapping of Baron's daughter. He must also contend with a young upstart who wants to push Baron out as leader. What Nick was not expecting was to fall for the daughter.

The Gangster's Daughter

The Penthouse Story

The Shark

The undercover agent is assigned to break up a gambling ring that bets heavily on certain horses--and then makes sure they win by doping them.

The Horse Runs High

The Hired Guns

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

Borderline

Nick is assigned to break up a gang headed by Steve Taylor. This   particularly unsavory gang uses threats and violence to force   small shopkeepers to pay for protection.

A Matter of Money

Bullets and Ballet

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.

The Best Seasons of Tightrope

The Best Seasons of Tightrope

Season 1