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Checkmate

Don Corey and Jed Sills run Checkmate, Inc., a highly expensive private detective firm based in San Francisco. Their team includes British criminologist Carl Hyatt, who previously taught at Oxford University and now specializes in protecting clients' lives.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Death Runs Wild

1. Death Runs Wild

Aired: Sep 17, 1960

When wealthy widow Beatrice Martin Kipp hires Checkmate, Jed and Dr. Hyatt mu...

Episode 2 Interrupted Honeymoon

2. Interrupted Honeymoon

Aired: Sep 24, 1960

A desperate criminal, intending to flee the country, kidnaps a newly-wed brid...

Episode 3 The Cyanide Touch

3. The Cyanide Touch

Aired: Oct 1, 1960

Dean Stockwell guest stars as a college student out to avenge the death of hi...

Episode 4 Lady on the Brink

4. Lady on the Brink

Aired: Oct 15, 1960

A witness set to testify in a murder trial seeks the help of Checkmate fearin...

Episode 5 Face in the Window

5. Face in the Window

Aired: Oct 22, 1960

A well respected archaeologist is about to murder a mysterious man, supposedl...

Episode 6 Runaway

6. Runaway

Aired: Oct 29, 1960

A girl shows up at Corey's apartment, claiming that she is running from someo...

Episode 7 Target: Tycoon

7. Target: Tycoon

Aired: Nov 5, 1960

A woman hired Checkmate to prevent the murder of her father, an oil magnate. ...

Episode 8 Deadly Shadow

8. Deadly Shadow

Aired: Nov 12, 1960

A young widow is attacked and the only photograph of her dead husband, a Mari...

Episode 9 The Dark Divide

9. The Dark Divide

Aired: Nov 19, 1960

Barbara Rush plays a dual role as the inhibited Margaret Russell and the wild...

Episode 10 Moment of Truth

10. Moment of Truth

Aired: Nov 26, 1960

While on vacation in Tijuana, Don and Jed become involved in a murder investi...

Episode 12 The Murder Game

12. The Murder Game

Aired: Dec 17, 1960

The detectives are shocked when one of their mentors, a highly respected atto...

Episode 14 Terror from the East

14. Terror from the East

Aired: Jan 7, 1961

A missionary arrives from the east and contacts Checkmate to warn them about ...

Episode 15 The Human Touch

15. The Human Touch

Aired: Jan 14, 1961

Alonzo Pace Graham, freed from prison after 15 years, seeks revenge on Dr. Ca...

Episode 16 Hour of Execution

16. Hour of Execution

Aired: Jan 21, 1961

When a judge and friend of Dr. Hyatt receives telephone calls and letters thr...

Episode 18 Laugh Till I Die

18. Laugh Till I Die

Aired: Feb 4, 1961

The Checkmate boys have their hands full in protecting their client Danny Whi...

Episode 19 Between Two Guns

19. Between Two Guns

Aired: Feb 11, 1961

The Checkmate team has big trouble when Joe Farrell and his gang of hoods tak...

Episode 21 Melody for Murder

21. Melody for Murder

Aired: Feb 25, 1961

Checkmate is hired by a pop singer's agent to investigate death threats. Jed ...

Episode 22 Phantom Lover

22. Phantom Lover

Aired: Mar 4, 1961

A woman believes her husband has killed her male friend, who can not be found...

Episode 23 The Gift

23. The Gift

Aired: Mar 11, 1961

Lola Tuscany, a temperamental lady soprano, is having premonitions of her dea...

Episode 24 One for the Book

24. One for the Book

Aired: Mar 18, 1961

Audrey Meadows stars as a writer of a scandalous, best-selling novel based on...

Episode 25 The Paper Killer

25. The Paper Killer

Aired: Mar 25, 1961

A successful cartoonist, played by Mickey Rooney, becomes tormented when he b...

Episode 26 Jungle Castle

26. Jungle Castle

Aired: Apr 1, 1961

After two attempts on his life, big game hunter Lee Tabor brings Dr. Hyatt an...

Episode 27 The Deadly Silence

27. The Deadly Silence

Aired: Apr 8, 1961

Gangsters chase a deaf schoolteacher who has read their lips and so learned o...

Episode 28 Goodbye, Griff

28. Goodbye, Griff

Aired: Apr 15, 1961

Julie London plays a magazine editor, who is dealing with her hot headed husb...

Episode 30 Voyage Into Fear

30. Voyage Into Fear

Aired: May 6, 1961

Joan Fontaine plays a woman who claims her husband is trying to kill her. Cor...

Episode 31 Tight as a Drum

31. Tight as a Drum

Aired: May 13, 1961

Checkmate are called in to investigate a military Academy for the suspected m...

Episode 32 Death by Design

32. Death by Design

Aired: May 20, 1961

Eve Arden, plays a fashion designer, worried that someone is out to destroy h...

Episode 33 The Thrill Seeker

33. The Thrill Seeker

Aired: May 27, 1961

Susan Oliver plays a independent thrill seeking woman, who is accused by her ...

Episode 36 State of Shock

36. State of Shock

Aired: Jun 24, 1961

A series of carefully planned "accidents" aimed at a wealthy heiress who is t...

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Info about Checkmate

Seasons: 2

Network: CBS

Genres:Drama, Crime, Mystery