1960

S2.E1 ∙ Portrait of a Man Running

Tue, Oct 03, 1961

Ralph Bellamy plays a Governor up for re-election. To ensure his victory he fakes an assassination attempt on him and then tries to hoodwink the Checkmate team.

7.6 /10

S2.E2 ∙ The Button Down Break

Tue, Oct 10, 1961

Tony Randall plays a cunning convict who has an "infallible plan" to break out of prison. Checkmate put a team member undercover in prison, to thwart him.

7.3 /10

Dorothy Malone plays a woman married to an older man, running a vacation Lodge. The Lodge's handyman, played by Ed Nelson,is an ex lover of Malone and he has devious plans for her husband to meet with a deadly 'accident'.

7 /10

S2.E4 ∙ Waiting for Jocko

Tue, Oct 24, 1961

After Dr. Hyatt labels him a "constitutional psychopathic inferior" before the parole board, "Jocko" Townsend (Hunter) receives a sentence extension of five years. When he's released, he decides to celebrate Dr. Hyatt's birthday by holding him hostage and blowing him up at the exact hour and minute of his birth. The situation becomes more complicated as first Jed and then Don drop by to visit. Hyatt has exactly one hour to analyze Jocko's dysfunction and dissuade him from carrying out his ingenious homicidal plan..

7.2 /10

S2.E5 ∙ Through a Dark Glass

Tue, Oct 31, 1961

Claire Bloom plays a photo journalist who takes some pictures of those in the vice trade. She is blinded by acid from the culprits. Checkmate are called in to unravel the murky events

7.1 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Juan Moreno's Body

Tue, Nov 07, 1961

A migrant worker is accused of killing an agricultural businessman. The hard nosed District Attorney, played by Henry Jones is sure of his guilt. The checkmate team, called in to investigate, are not so convinced.

5.6 /10

S2.E7 ∙ Kill the Sound

Tue, Nov 14, 1961

Sid Caesar, plays a emotionally disturbed disc jockey who had made a few enemies in his career. He is convinced someone is out to kill him and hasn't left the studio for two weeks. Checkmate are called in to investigate.

6.5 /10

S2.E8 ∙ The Crimson Pool

Tue, Nov 21, 1961

Vera Miles plays a painter caught up with her sculptor husband forging paintings. Blackmail and murder soon ensue.

6.2 /10

S2.E9 ∙ The Two of Us

Tue, Nov 28, 1961

Lloyd Bridges plays a successful construction engineer, who thinks his twin brother (also played by Bridges) is out to kill him, for firing him from the business, five years previously.

6.8 /10

S2.E10 ∙ Nice Guys Finish Last

Tue, Dec 12, 1961

James Whitmore plays a disgruntled precinct captain passed over for promotion. He blames an old high school rival and plots his revenge by framing him for a murder.

6.6 /10

S2.E11 ∙ To the Best of My Recollection

Tue, Dec 26, 1961

Laraine Day, plays a woman with amnesia who doesn't recognize her husband when discharged from hospital. It is up to Checkmate's Dr Hyatt (Sebastian Cabot) to untangle the mystery.

7.7 /10

S2.E12 ∙ A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Game

Tue, Jan 02, 1962

Jack Bowen (basically Jack Benny playing himself) is Grand Marshal of the Pioneer Bowl. After he finds a time bomb in his briefcase, he calls Checkmate to help him. *SPOILER ALERT* Midwest wins the Pioneer Bowl 42-0.

7.1 /10

S2.E13 ∙ The Star System

Tue, Jan 09, 1962

Movie star Vicky Page is accused of trying to murder an actress who's having an affair with her boyfriend. Jed Sills is hired by the studio for public relations and to keep an eye on the suicidal actress.

7.2 /10

S2.E14 ∙ The Renaissance of Gussie Hill

Tue, Jan 16, 1962

A worker at a luxury women's spa is threatened when her former boyfriend is released from prison.

6.8 /10

S2.E15 ∙ A Very Rough Sketch

Tue, Jan 23, 1962

A young man who has just won an art contest learns that his father has been arrested for embezzling from his company. Now Checkmate must find a good influence who can stop him from turning violent.

6.8 /10

S2.E16 ∙ The Yacht-Club Gang

Mon, Jan 29, 1962

After a prominent attorney and president of a yacht club board is nearly killed in an auto accident, the manager of the club calls in Checkmate suspecting foul play.

6.6 /10

S2.E17 ∙ Death Beyond Recall

Tue, Feb 06, 1962

Famous defense attorney John Baker arranges for his own assassination after receiving notice that he is about to be investigated by the bar association, but then changes his mind.

6.5 /10

S2.E18 ∙ The Sound of Nervous Laughter

Tue, Feb 13, 1962

A theatrical actress consults Checkmate after her husband and stage star is nearly killed in an apparent accident during a rehearsal.

7 /10

S2.E19 ∙ An Assassin Arrives, Andante

Tue, Feb 20, 1962

Checkmate is hired by the director of a music conservatory that fronts for an Eastern Bloc freedom movement to protect his cello instructor who has been targeted for assassination.

6.2 /10

S2.E20 ∙ Remembrance of Crimes Past

Tue, Feb 27, 1962

Checkmate tries to prevent a woman who was convicted and jailed for treason from returning to her former crimes.

7.2 /10

S2.E21 ∙ The Heart Is a Handout

Tue, Mar 06, 1962

Jed goes undercover at a hobo camp to prevent the leader from being murdered.

6.8 /10

S2.E22 ∙ Brooding Fixation

Tue, Mar 13, 1962

The son of a wealthy industrialist killed in a gun accident believes that it may have been murder.

6.3 /10

S2.E23 ∙ A Chant of Silence

Tue, Mar 20, 1962

Carl Hyatt gets held up at a Monastery where he has an encounter with two hoodlums who threaten to kill a few of the priests that work at the Monastery he is held up at.

6.4 /10

S2.E24 ∙ Trial by Midnight

Tue, Mar 27, 1962

Judge Leland McIntyre, teaching a night class in advanced criminal law, announces that several sessions of the class will be devoted to the review of a controversial capital murder case over which he presided years ago. Upon that announcement, someone begins trying to kill him. Checkmate suspects that it is one of the students in the course, which includes a holdout juror from that trial and the daughter of the defendant.

6.2 /10

S2.E25 ∙ Ride a Wild Horse

Tue, Apr 03, 1962

The girlfriend of a rodeo rider calls in Checkmate because she is worried her social-climbing brother will try to harm him.

6.4 /10

S2.E26 ∙ So Beats My Plastic Heart

Tue, Apr 10, 1962

A wealthy art patroness who runs s home for struggling artists asks Checkmste to investigate when she receives death threats. Suspicion falls upon her three boarders.

7 /10

S2.E27 ∙ In a Foreign Quarter

Tue, Apr 17, 1962

A university-affiliated psychiatrist hires Checkmate to prevent his wife from killing a man who is allegedly blackmailing her.

6.2 /10

S2.E28 ∙ Referendum on Murder

Tue, Apr 24, 1962

Checkmate is hired by the wife of a newspaper editor whose life is threatened because he opposes a local referendum that would legalize gambling.

7.5 /10

S2.E29 ∙ The Someday Man

Tue, May 01, 1962

A former football star always looking for the next big windfall gets into serious trouble with the mob, who want him to influence his young protege to shave points in the next big football game.

6.4 /10

S2.E30 ∙ Rendezvous in Washington

Tue, May 08, 1962

A married wealthy industrialist being considered for the position of Overseas Director at a large philanthropic organization calls Checkmate after threats are made against the woman with whom he is having an affair.

6.2 /10

S2.E31 ∙ The Bold and the Tough

Tue, May 15, 1962

A cut-throat investor hires Checkmate to protect an incorporated ranch owner after someone takes a shot at him just before a crucial board meeting.

5.9 /10

S2.E32 ∙ Will the Real Killer Please Stand Up?

Tue, May 22, 1962

Three brothers due to inherit an equal split of $40 million hire Checkmate to prevent themselves from killing each other.

6.9 /10

S2.E33 ∙ Down the Gardenia Path

Tue, Jun 05, 1962

Checkmate is called in by a convention manager when one of her guest speakers vanishes and it appears he may have been a victim of blackmail.

6.5 /10

S2.E34 ∙ Side by Side

Tue, Jun 19, 1962

Record label A&R man Chuck Palmer calls in Checkmate after the arrogant younger half of his hit vocal duo starts receiving threats for his escapades with married women.

5.9 /10