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Ripcord is an American syndicated television series that ran for 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963 about the exploits of a skydiving operation by the same name.
Episodes (75)
1. The Sky Diver
Aired 28 September 1961 • 30 min
A sky diver attempts to rescue a party of geologists after they send out an SOS for a desperately needed instrument.
2. Flight to Terror
Aired 4 October 1961 • 30 min
Gangster and his wife must make a forced landing while fleeing to Mexico.
3. Crime Jump
Aired 11 October 1961 • 30 min
Ted and Jim try to clear themselves of murder.
4. Thoroughbred
Aired 18 October 1961 • 30 min
Ted and Jim jump into treacherous canyon country to rescue Matador, a thoroughbred trapped amid the rocks.
5. Air Carnival
Aired 25 October 1961 • 30 min
A member of an accident-plagued air circus tries to get Ted and Jim into the act. A pretty aviatrix tries to lure Ted and Jim into signing up with the Justin Rock air circus.
6. Hi-Jack
Aired 1 November 1961 • 30 min
Skydivers McKeever and Buckley are on an expedition to recover space capsules at sea when their C-47 is hijacked.
7. The Condemned
Aired 8 November 1961 • 30 min
The skydivers assignment tonight is to find a woman's body at an inaccessible ski resort.
8. Millionaire Doctor
Aired 15 November 1961 • 30 min
The skydivers have one of their most trying and exciting experiences while trying to salvage a ship loaded with high explosives.
9. Sierra Jump
Aired 22 November 1961 • 30 min
Jay Coates, a zealous jumper, pulls Chuck (Paul Comi) into danger as the pilot attempt to stop him from jumping. Chuck is in a bad spot when narcotics are found on him after the accident.
10. Darb
Aired 29 November 1961 • 30 min
Archaeologist,Gustave Merril holds Ted McKeever captive. Ted is kidnapped by an archaeologist eager to get his hands on an Aztec death mask.
11. Ransom Drop
Aired 6 December 1961 • 30 min
Kidnappers hold electronicist Brandon Oliver hostage and demand a special ransom: Brandon Oliver's highly valuable new gadget.
12. Log Jam
Aired 13 December 1961 • 30 min
A lumber man hires Ted and Jim to break up a log jam. The two skydivers fly a charge of nitroglycerin over the logging area.
13. The Human Kind
Aired 20 December 1961 • 30 min
The boys join an air search for the kidnapped wife of a rancher.
14. High Jeopardy
Aired 27 December 1961 • 30 min
A reckless skydiving student jumps into danger.
15. The Financier
Aired 3 January 1962 • 30 min
Skydivers investigate millionaire's suicide. Wealthy E.J. Bowen killed himself.
16. The Silver Cord
Irresponsible Speed Domaine and his son are lost in a missile-target area.
17. Escape
Fugitive criminal Steve Danton forces Chuck Lambert to take him aloft in the Skydivers, Inc., plane, leaving Ted McKeever and Jim Buckley grounded.
18. Airborne
Ted McKeever's skydiving pupil Suzy Thomas runs afoul of a gang of hot-rodders. Puzzled and angered by the young men's attitude Ted steps into action.
19. Last Chance
Ted, captured by a claim jumper, looks for a way to signal Jim.
20. Double Drop
James Coburn plays an injured bank robber on the lam. The crook is n ex-paratrooper, on the run from the law.
21. Desperate Choice
Ted and Jim drop onto dangerous terrain to search for a trapped youth---and the boy's overeager rescuer.
22. Mile High Triangle
Aired 22 January 1962 • 30 min
Eric Askley substitutes a dummy parachute for the one his wife packs for her first attempt at sky diving.
23. Jungle Survival
The jungle becomes a nightmarish prison for a stranded Ted and Jim.
24. Hagen Charm
Trapped in a mountainous region surgeon Joe's son is suffering from a head injury and desperately needs medical aid. But a violent storm had halted all attempts to reach the boy.
25. The Helicopter Race
A building contractor has an unusual job for Ted: picking up an attache case from a hillside.
26. Para-Nurse
Aired 12 April 1962 • 30 min
Laura Cokely is the cause of friendly rivalry between Ted and Jim. Before she can make her choice, all three respond to a fire alarm at Thunder Ridge. The son of ranger Carl Devlin is undergoing breathing difficulties and the boy can't be attended in a hospital due to river floods.
27. Colorado Jump
Jim (Ken Curtis) is duped into accompanying a young recording star on a dangerous publicity stunt.
28. Top Secret
The boys try to find out if U.S. scientist Rupert Sexton is planning to defect.
29. One for the Money
Jim mounts a rescue operation after Ted falls into the hands of a mobster named Monday.
30. Sentence of Death
A Nazi war criminal menaces Ted and Jim.
31. Elegy for a Hero
Wealthy Wally Griffin (Lang Jeffries) is strangely anxious to reach a remote mountain lodge.
32. Cougar Mesa
An insurance company retains Ted and Jim to investigate a claim involving an allegedly stolen plane.
33. Chuting Stars
Navy parachutists join a search for a diabetic abandoned in the mountains.
34. Death Camp
An ex-con tries to help Ted elude a killer named Cort after Ted and Jim arrive to investigate the suspicious deaths of three uranium prospectors.
35. Radar Rescue
Aired 10 May 1962 • 30 min
A man named Anderson and his daughter get lost amid a cloudburst and then a crash is heard. Ted, Jim and Chuck are nearby and attend the distress call from Anderson. A hot-tempered radar navigator is determined to even the score with Ted, who expelled him from jump school.
36. Diplomatic Mission
Ted and Jim are after a slain diplomat's secret papers---and so is an enemy agent.
37. Hurricane Charlie
Ted and Jim, hired to deliver equipment to a mining crew, suspect that their pilot is sabotaging the operation.
38. Counter-Attack
Gunmen, G-men and a beautiful girl get into the act as Ted and Jim go to work for an industrialist.
39. The Hunter
The boys try to intercept an assassin.