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T.H.E. Cat Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

26 Episodes 1966 - 1967

Episode 1

To Kill a Priest

Fri, Sep 16, 196630 mins

Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat is engaged to protect a priest sentenced to death by a cabal of extortioners.

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Episode 2

Sandman

Fri, Sep 23, 196630 mins

Cat tries to prevent Emil 'The Sandman' Sanderson, his cat burglar mentor, from stealing a rare gem from a mobster.

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Episode 3

Payment Overdue

Fri, Sep 30, 1966

Cat tries to protect a small time press agent from mobsters.

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Episode 4

Brotherhood

Fri, Oct 7, 1966

A hoodlum holds a teenage girl at gunpoint, demanding that Cat bring the girl's policeman father to him so that he can kill him before his mob associates do, all as retribution for something that happened 17 years earlier.

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Episode 5

Little Arnie from Long Ago

Fri, Oct 14, 196630 mins

A gangster is released from prison after serving 30 years. He wants to get back into the rackets, and refuses to accept that the times have changed. McAllister, who lost his left hand to the gangster's bullets before he was jailed, is determined to put the man back in prison again.

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Episode 6

None to Weep, None to Mourn

Fri, Oct 21, 196630 mins

The widow of the head of a Gypsy clan hires Cat to protect the man's son as he spends the night in the traditional mourning of his father. She believes her husband was murdered, and the same people who killed him want to kill the son.

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Episode 7

Moment of Truth

Fri, Oct 28, 1966

Cat offers his protection to a famous bullfighter who is marked for murder.

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Episode 8

Marked for Death

Fri, Nov 4, 196630 mins

Cat must save Pepe, who has been marked for death by a gypsy king.

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Episode 9

Crossing at Destino Bay

Fri, Nov 18, 196630 mins

Cat is involved in a deadly cat and mouse incident at a ferry crossing.

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Episode 10

To Bell T.H.E. Cat

Fri, Nov 25, 1966

Cat protects an artist who sketches a picture of an underworld henchman at the scene of a murder.

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Episode 11

Curtains for Miss Winslow

Fri, Dec 2, 196630 mins

An actress past her prime hires Cat to protect her from someone who is out to kill her.

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Episode 12

King of Limpets

Fri, Dec 9, 1966

Cat is hired by a young woman to protect a boy from a group of assassins, but is she really looking out for the boy's best interests?

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Episode 13

The System

Fri, Dec 16, 1966

Cat rescues a kidnapped scientist and tries to keep him safe from a ruthless monarch.

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Episode 14

The Canary Who Lost His Voice

Fri, Dec 23, 196630 mins

Cat is hired to protect the owner of a cheap goods store from a deported mob boss who has risked his freedom in coming back to the U.S. just to kill the man.

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Episode 15

The Ring of Anasis

Fri, Dec 30, 196630 mins

Cat is hired to protect an antique collector who has been marked for death.

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Episode 16

Queen of Diamonds, Knave of Hearts

Fri, Jan 6, 196730 mins

A countess, an old friend of Cat's, hires him to retrieve a necklace she gave to a blackmailing ex-lover of hers, before her husband finds out. Unfortunately, the blackmailer is now using the necklace as collateral to cover his gambling debts.

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Episode 17

A Hot Place to Die

Fri, Jan 13, 1967

In an episode filmed entirely in the daylight---a change of pace for this nocturnal series---Cat tries to protect a man and woman as they ride through the desert in the blazing sun, trying to evade the sadistic mobster the man is scheduled to testify against.

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Episode 18

A Slight Family Trait

Fri, Jan 20, 1967

Cat tries to dissuade the daughter of an old friend who is determined to start a career as a cat burglar by cracking the safe of a dangerous king aboard his ship. And the king has something he wants no one to know about, and is willing to kill to keep it a secret.

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Episode 19

If Once You Fail

Fri, Jan 27, 1967

Cat's girlfriend witnesses the killing of a man who was to testify against a mob boss, and she sees the face of the killer. But while protecting her, Cat is himself wounded and his girlfriend is killed. Her twin sister offers to set herself up as a decoy, but Cat is determined to avenge the killer himself.

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Episode 20

Design for Death

Fri, Feb 3, 1967

The owner of fashion agency orders the murder of model who had been carrying a set of counterfeit passport plates. Now one of the model's friends is also a target, and Cat is told he must produce the plates to save her life.

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Episode 21

Matter Over Mind

Fri, Feb 10, 1967

Informed by a mind reader that Cat is out to kill him, a mobster decides to kill Cat first.

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Episode 22

The Blood-Red Night

Fri, Feb 17, 1967

Cat is hired by an elderly woman who believes the priceless ruby she has long owned is a death curse for anyone else. She believes someone wants to kill her before she has the ruby cut into three pieces, which she thinks will end the curse.

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Episode 23

The Ninety Percent Blues

Fri, Feb 24, 196730 mins

Entertainer Timmie Taylor is under complete control of a gangster and is desperate to get out of his contract. Cat is enlisted to not only protect him physically but also solve his dilemma permanently.

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Episode 24

The Long Chase

Fri, Mar 10, 1967

Cat is asked by police to locate and help capture an escaped cop killer who is holding a nurse hostage in the heights of a shipyard factory complex. The killer is an old friend who once saved Cat's life.

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Episode 25

Twenty-One and Out

Fri, Mar 24, 1967

Cat tries to protect a woman who is slated to testify against a crime boss, who has put up a $200,000 bounty for anyone who kills her.

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Episode 26

Lisa

Fri, Mar 31, 1967

Cat answers a call for help from a woman he knows he shouldn't trust, who then drugs him and leaves him to be found with foreign currency in his pocket, all as part of a scheme to steal millions from an arms smuggler.

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