
Nash Bridges
1996


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.
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Getaway Day
1959-09-08 · 30m
The Casino
1959-09-15 · 30m
The Frame
1959-09-22 · 30m
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.
Stand on Velvet
1959-09-29 · 30m
The agent joins the gang of William Kane, their objective is to run the leader of the numbers racket out of town.
The Cracking Point
1959-10-06 · 30m
The undercover agent joins in on a robbery.
Thousand Dollar Bill
1959-10-13 · 30m
Music and Mink
1959-10-20 · 30m
Man in the Middle
1959-11-03 · 30m
The Patsy
1959-11-10 · 30m
The Money Fight
1959-11-17 · 30m
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.
Black Tie Kill
1959-11-24 · 30m
The Perfect Circle
1959-12-01 · 30m
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 Lady
1959-12-08 · 30m
Cold Kill
1959-12-15 · 30m
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.
The Neon Wheel
1959-12-22 · 30m
Two Private Eyes
1959-12-29 · 30m
Sam Keely and Jeff Stewart are a bit on the shady side. The undercover agent's strategy is to muscle in on their racket.
Night of the Gun
1960-01-05 · 30m
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.
Broken Rope
1960-01-12 · 30m
Cold Ice
1960-01-19 · 30m
Appointment in Jericho (a.k.a. Assignment in Jericho)
1960-01-26 · 30m
Three to Make Ready
1960-02-02 · 30m
The Model and the Mobster
1960-02-09 · 30m
Mobster Sid Zero is a man who gets what he wants in business and women by using muscle, threats, and, if necessary, murder. Nick goes undercover to bring him down, and tries to get the help of the latest young model Zero has forced into becoming his mistress.
The Long Odds
1960-02-16 · 30m
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 Brave Pigeon
1960-02-23 · 30m
Underworld leader Max Rommey wants Paul Anderson dead. To protect Anderson, the undercover agent becomes part of Rommey's gang.
First Time Out
1960-03-01 · 30m
Park Avenue Story
1960-03-08 · 30m
Big Business
1960-03-15 · 30m
The Chinese Pendant
1960-03-29 · 30m
Achilles and His Heels
1960-04-05 · 30m
The Gangster's Daughter
1960-04-12 · 30m
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 Penthouse Story
1960-04-19 · 30m
The Shark
1960-04-26 · 30m
The Horse Runs High
1960-05-03 · 30m
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 Hired Guns
1960-05-10 · 30m
Borderline
1960-05-17 · 30m
The undercover agent is assigned to smash a dope ring that sells to Americans from a base in Mexico.
A Matter of Money
1960-05-24 · 30m
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.
Bullets and Ballet
1960-05-31 · 30m