Checkmate
Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high-priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.
- 1960-1962
- 2 seasons
- CBS
- Suspense, Drama
Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a very high-priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.
Season 2 Episode Guide
34 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
Portrait of a Man Running
Wed, Oct 4, 1961 60 mins
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.
Episode 2
The Button Down Break
Wed, Oct 11, 1961 60 mins
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.
Episode 3
The Heat of Passion
Wed, Oct 18, 1961 60 mins
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'.
Episode 4
Waiting for Jocko
Wed, Oct 25, 1961 60 mins
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..
Episode 5
Through a Dark Glass
Wed, Nov 1, 1961 60 mins
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
Episode 6
Juan Moreno's Body
Wed, Nov 8, 1961 60 mins
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.
Episode 7
Kill the Sound
Wed, Nov 15, 1961 60 mins
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.
Episode 8
The Crimson Pool
Wed, Nov 22, 1961 60 mins
Vera Miles plays a painter caught up with her sculptor husband forging paintings. Blackmail and murder soon ensue.
Episode 9
The Two of Us
Wed, Nov 29, 1961 60 mins
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.
Episode 10
Nice Guys Finish Last
Wed, Dec 13, 1961 60 mins
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.
Episode 11
To the Best of My Recollection
Wed, Dec 27, 1961 60 mins
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.
Episode 12
A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Game
Wed, Jan 3, 1962 48 mins
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.
Episode 13
The Star System
Wed, Jan 10, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 14
The Renaissance of Gussie Hill
Wed, Jan 17, 1962 60 mins
A worker at a luxury women's spa is threatened when her former boyfriend is released from prison.
Episode 15
A Very Rough Sketch
Wed, Jan 24, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 16
The Yacht-Club Gang
Tue, Jan 30, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 17
Death Beyond Recall
Wed, Feb 7, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 18
The Sound of Nervous Laughter
Wed, Feb 14, 1962 60 mins
A theatrical actress consults Checkmate after her husband and stage star is nearly killed in an apparent accident during a rehearsal.
Episode 19
An Assassin Arrives, Andante
Wed, Feb 21, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 20
Remembrance of Crimes Past
Wed, Feb 28, 1962 60 mins
Checkmate tries to prevent a woman who was convicted and jailed for treason from returning to her former crimes.
Episode 21
The Heart Is a Handout
Wed, Mar 7, 1962 60 mins
Jed goes undercover at a hobo camp to prevent the leader from being murdered.
Episode 22
Brooding Fixation
Wed, Mar 14, 1962 60 mins
The son of a wealthy industrialist killed in a gun accident believes that it may have been murder.
Episode 23
A Chant of Silence
Wed, Mar 21, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 24
Trial by Midnight
Wed, Mar 28, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 25
Ride a Wild Horse
Wed, Apr 4, 1962 60 mins
The girlfriend of a rodeo rider calls in Checkmate because she is worried her social-climbing brother will try to harm him.
Episode 26
So Beats My Plastic Heart
Wed, Apr 11, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 27
In a Foreign Quarter
Wed, Apr 18, 1962 60 mins
A university-affiliated psychiatrist hires Checkmate to prevent his wife from killing a man who is allegedly blackmailing her.
Episode 28
Referendum on Murder
Wed, Apr 25, 1962 60 mins
Checkmate is hired by the wife of a newspaper editor whose life is threatened because he opposes a local referendum that would legalize gambling.
Episode 29
The Someday Man
Wed, May 2, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 30
Rendezvous in Washington
Wed, May 9, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 31
The Bold and the Tough
Wed, May 16, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 32
Will the Real Killer Please Stand Up?
Wed, May 23, 1962 48 mins
Three brothers due to inherit an equal split of $40 million hire Checkmate to prevent themselves from killing each other.
Episode 33
Down the Gardenia Path
Wed, Jun 6, 1962 60 mins
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.
Episode 34
Side by Side
Wed, Jun 20, 1962 60 mins
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.
