This was a terrific show ! I was young but watched the show with my mother. I thought Mike Connors was so handsome. If I remember correctly, he carried his gun in the small of his back, a pistol. When my brothers and I would mess around, play cops/robbers, one of us would always reach behind our back and pull the pistol held there by our belt. Boy, those were the times. Great shows with no hard-line censors.

Don't forget, TV was a new medium. They needed to muck about to see what worked.. and what did not. In Ringo, the hero used a gun that shot 6 normal cartridges ... and also a shotgun load. Most if not all of the episodes ended with the bad guys walking up to Ringo, all smiles because he was out of ammo ... ka-pow -- no more bad guy. (Based on a real gun, made in France, BTW). In Have Gun Will Travel the hero had a derringer hidden in his belt. Time and again poor Palladin would be captured and forced to turn over his gunbelt .. only to palm the derringer. In Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'brien had a custom gun with an extra long barrel, designed by Ned Buntline. Episode after episode, the baddies would challenge him to a gunfight and he would distance himself from them so that, ultimately, only his gun had the proper range. (Same gimmick used effectively in several Lee Van Cleef films later on). In WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE, McQueen could swivel aim and fire his weapon without the need to actually clear the holster, buying him precious seconds, and always winning the contest. And here in Tightrope, a series best remembered for launching Connors to Mannix fame, almost every single episode ended with the main character going for that pistol strapped to his back (a trick re-used decades later by no less than Bruce Willis in one of the Die-Hards). No disrespect to any of the earlier reviewers who loved the show -- IT WAS A FUN SHOW, and Mike was great -- but mainly it was about the gimmick.

It was one of my favorite as a child. In my native Dominican Republic it was shown in its Spanish-speaking version with excellent voices absolutely right for each character. The suspense was masterful. The episodes being so short honored the adage "What is good, if short, doubly good". And there is a paradox about the title in its dubbed version in Spanish. Tighrope can be translated to Spanish as "La cuerda tensa", but the title in Spanish was "En la cuerda floja" that is exactly the opposite though a better description of the plot. I would love to see it again. Besides I would love to see somebody make an updated version starring Robert De Niro or Johnny Depp. Or would it be a good idea to cast Leonardo DiCaprio? How would you like it on Sunday nights like The Sopranos? Author: Juan Lora.

A fine if formulaic series. The star's escape as the police closed in was the high point of suspense. He also wore his .38 in a distinctive position - behind his back. If "Tightrope" were to be issued on DVD I would buy it in an instant.