Episode guide
Checkmate: Season 1
35 episodes · premiered Sep 17, 1960
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- Episode 1: Death Runs Wild Sep 17, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 2: Interrupted Honeymoon Sep 24, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 3: The Cyanide Touch Oct 1, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 4: Lady on the Brink Oct 15, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 5: Face in the Window Oct 22, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 6: Runaway Oct 29, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 7: Target: Tycoon Nov 5, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 8: The Deadly Shadow Nov 12, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 9: The Dark Divide Nov 19, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 10: Moment of Truth Nov 26, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 11: The Mask of Vengeance Dec 3, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 12: The Murder Game Dec 17, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 13: The Princess in the Tower Dec 31, 1960 · 1h
- Episode 14: The Terror from the East Jan 7, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 15: The Human Touch Jan 14, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 16: Hour of Execution Jan 21, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 17: Don't Believe a Word She Says Jan 28, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 18: Laugh Till I Die Feb 4, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 19: Between Two Guns Feb 11, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 20: A Matter of Conscience Feb 18, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 21: Melody for Murder Feb 25, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 22: Phantom Lover Mar 4, 1961 · 1h A woman believes her husband has killed her male friend, who can not be found. She hires Checkmate to investigate.
- Episode 23: The Gift Mar 11, 1961 · 1h 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…
- Episode 24: One for the Book Mar 18, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 25: The Paper Killer Mar 25, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 26: Jungle Castle Apr 1, 1961 · 1h After two attempts on his life, big game hunter Lee Tabor brings Dr. Hyatt and Carl to his home in the Malayan jungle. He asks for their help in finding out which of his three house guests…
- Episode 27: The Deadly Silence Apr 8, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 28: Goodbye Griff Apr 15, 1961 · 1h ""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…
- Episode 30: Voyage Into Fear May 6, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 31: Tight As a Drum May 13, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 32: Death by Design May 20, 1961 · 1h Eve Arden, plays a fashion designer, worried that someone is out to destroy her and her business. Checkmate have two main suspects.
- Episode 33: The Thrill Seeker May 27, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 34: Hot Wind in a Cold Town Jun 10, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 35: A Slight Touch of Venom Jun 17, 1961 · 1h
- Episode 36: State of Shock Jun 24, 1961 · 1h