Season 1

episodes

1. 1. Death Runs Wild 1960-09-17 60 min 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 a previous...
2. 2. Interrupted Honeymoon 1960-09-24 60 min
3. 3. The Cyanide Touch 1960-10-01 60 min
4. 4. Lady on the Brink 1960-10-15 60 min 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 at a murd...
5. 5. Face in the Window 1960-10-22 60 min
6. 6. Runaway 1960-10-29 60 min 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 her numerous...
7. 7. Target: Tycoon 1960-11-05 60 min
8. 8. The Deadly Shadow 1960-11-12 60 min
9. 9. The Dark Divide 1960-11-19 60 min 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 Margaret. What mot...
10. 10. Moment of Truth 1960-11-26 60 min
11. 11. The Mask of Vengeance 1960-12-03 60 min
12. 12. The Murder Game 1960-12-17 60 min 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 will be the kil...
13. 13. The Princess in the Tower 1960-12-31 60 min
14. 14. The Terror from the East 1961-01-07 60 min
15. 15. The Human Touch 1961-01-14 60 min 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 intricate series o...
16. 16. Hour of Execution 1961-01-21 60 min
17. 17. Don't Believe a Word She Says 1961-01-28 60 min
18. 18. Laugh Till I Die 1961-02-04 60 min
19. 19. Between Two Guns 1961-02-11 60 min
20. 20. A Matter of Conscience 1961-02-18 60 min
21. 21. Melody for Murder 1961-02-25 60 min
22. 22. Phantom Lover 1961-03-04 60 min A woman believes her husband has killed her male friend, who can not be found. She hires Checkmate to investigate.
23. 23. The Gift 1961-03-11 60 min 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 skeptical, believin...
24. 24. One for the Book 1961-03-18 60 min
25. 25. The Paper Killer 1961-03-25 60 min
26. 26. Jungle Castle 1961-04-01 60 min 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 is trying t...
27. 27. The Deadly Silence 1961-04-08 60 min
28. 28. Goodbye Griff 1961-04-15 60 min ""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 boss Lewis B...
29. 30. Voyage Into Fear 1961-05-06 60 min
30. 31. Tight As a Drum 1961-05-13 60 min
31. 32. Death by Design 1961-05-20 60 min Eve Arden, plays a fashion designer, worried that someone is out to destroy her and her business. Checkmate have two main suspects.
32. 33. The Thrill Seeker 1961-05-27 60 min
33. 34. Hot Wind in a Cold Town 1961-06-10 60 min
34. 35. A Slight Touch of Venom 1961-06-17 60 min
35. 36. State of Shock 1961-06-24 60 min