Ripcord

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.

Creators and Cast

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Cast

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Ken Curtis

Jim Buckley

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Larry Pennell

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Paul Comi

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Shug Fisher

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Allison Hayes

Laura

Episodes

Season 1

75 episodes

S1 E1 · The Sky Diver

1961-09-28

A sky diver attempts to rescue a party of geologists after they send out an SOS for a desperately needed instrument.

S1 E2 · Flight to Terror

1961-10-04

Gangster and his wife must make a forced landing while fleeing to Mexico.

S1 E3 · Crime Jump

1961-10-11

Ted and Jim try to clear themselves of murder.

S1 E4 · Thoroughbred

1961-10-18

Ted and Jim jump into treacherous canyon country to rescue Matador, a thoroughbred trapped amid the rocks.

S1 E5 · Air Carnival

1961-10-25

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.

S1 E6 · Hi-Jack

1961-11-01

Skydivers McKeever and Buckley are on an expedition to recover space capsules at sea when their C-47 is hijacked.

S1 E7 · The Condemned

1961-11-08

The skydivers assignment tonight is to find a woman's body at an inaccessible ski resort.

S1 E8 · Millionaire Doctor

1961-11-15

The skydivers have one of their most trying and exciting experiences while trying to salvage a ship loaded with high explosives.

S1 E9 · Sierra Jump

1961-11-22

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.

S1 E10 · Darb

1961-11-29

Archaeologist,Gustave Merril holds Ted McKeever captive. Ted is kidnapped by an archaeologist eager to get his hands on an Aztec death mask.

S1 E11 · Ransom Drop

1961-12-06

Kidnappers hold electronicist Brandon Oliver hostage and demand a special ransom: Brandon Oliver's highly valuable new gadget.

S1 E12 · Log Jam

1961-12-13

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.

S1 E13 · The Human Kind

1961-12-20

The boys join an air search for the kidnapped wife of a rancher.

S1 E14 · High Jeopardy

1961-12-27

A reckless skydiving student jumps into danger.

S1 E15 · The Financier

1962-01-03

Skydivers investigate millionaire's suicide. Wealthy E.J. Bowen killed himself.

S1 E16 · The Silver Cord

Irresponsible Speed Domaine and his son are lost in a missile-target area.

S1 E17 · Escape

Fugitive criminal Steve Danton forces Chuck Lambert to take him aloft in the Skydivers, Inc., plane, leaving Ted McKeever and Jim Buckley grounded.

S1 E18 · 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.

S1 E19 · Last Chance

Ted, captured by a claim jumper, looks for a way to signal Jim.

S1 E20 · Double Drop

James Coburn plays an injured bank robber on the lam. The crook is n ex-paratrooper, on the run from the law.

S1 E21 · Desperate Choice

Ted and Jim drop onto dangerous terrain to search for a trapped youth---and the boy's overeager rescuer.

S1 E22 · Mile High Triangle

1962-01-22

Eric Askley substitutes a dummy parachute for the one his wife packs for her first attempt at sky diving.

S1 E23 · Jungle Survival

The jungle becomes a nightmarish prison for a stranded Ted and Jim.

S1 E24 · 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.

S1 E25 · The Helicopter Race

A building contractor has an unusual job for Ted: picking up an attache case from a hillside.

S1 E26 · Para-Nurse

1962-04-12

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.

S1 E27 · Colorado Jump

Jim (Ken Curtis) is duped into accompanying a young recording star on a dangerous publicity stunt.

S1 E28 · Top Secret

The boys try to find out if U.S. scientist Rupert Sexton is planning to defect.

S1 E29 · One for the Money

Jim mounts a rescue operation after Ted falls into the hands of a mobster named Monday.

S1 E30 · Sentence of Death

A Nazi war criminal menaces Ted and Jim.

S1 E31 · Elegy for a Hero

Wealthy Wally Griffin (Lang Jeffries) is strangely anxious to reach a remote mountain lodge.

S1 E32 · Cougar Mesa

An insurance company retains Ted and Jim to investigate a claim involving an allegedly stolen plane.

S1 E33 · Chuting Stars

Navy parachutists join a search for a diabetic abandoned in the mountains.

S1 E34 · 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.

S1 E35 · Radar Rescue

1962-05-10

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.

S1 E36 · Diplomatic Mission

Ted and Jim are after a slain diplomat's secret papers---and so is an enemy agent.

S1 E37 · Hurricane Charlie

Ted and Jim, hired to deliver equipment to a mining crew, suspect that their pilot is sabotaging the operation.

S1 E38 · Counter-Attack

Gunmen, G-men and a beautiful girl get into the act as Ted and Jim go to work for an industrialist.

S1 E39 · The Hunter

The boys try to intercept an assassin.

S1 E40 · Aerial Backfire

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S1 E41 · Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter

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S1 E42 · Panic at 10,000

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S1 E43 · Hostage Below

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S1 E44 · Infiltration

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S1 E45 · Among Those Missing

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S1 E46 · Flight to Terror

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S1 E47 · Day of the Hunter

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S1 E48 · The Losers

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S1 E49 · A Present for Felipe

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S1 E50 · Devil's Canyon

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S1 E51 · The Money Mine

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S1 E52 · The Lost Ones

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S1 E53 · The Last Chapter

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S1 E54 · Run, Joby, Run

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S1 E55 · The Wrong Way Down

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S1 E56 · A Free Falling Star

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S1 E57 · Reprisal

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S1 E58 · The Lost Tribe

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S1 E59 · Chute to Kill

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S1 E60 · Willie

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S1 E61 · The Well

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S1 E62 · The Trouble with Denny Collins

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S1 E63 · The Final Jump

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S1 E64 · Picture of Terror

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S1 E65 · The Inventor

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S1 E66 · Jump to a Blind Alley

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S1 E67 · Jump or Die

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S1 E68 · Jump to Freedom

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S1 E69 · Man on a Mountain

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S1 E70 · The Suicide Club

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S1 E71 · Million Dollar Drop

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S1 E72 · Flight for Life

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S1 E73 · The Proud Little Man

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S1 E74 · Semper Paratus Any Time

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S1 E75 · Expose

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Season 2

36 episodes

S2 E1 · Aerial Backfire

An 8-year-old hires Ted and Jim to rescue his dog from a burning forest.

S2 E2 · Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter

Ted and Jim help a Soldier of Fortune catch a criminal.

S2 E3 · Panic at 10,000

Ted and Jim get involved in a political feud at the opening ceremonies of an airport.

S2 E4 · Hostage Below

The boys are sent to ransom a millionaire's kidnapped daughter.

S2 E5 · Infiltration

Ted and Jim join in an attempt to break up a smuggling racket.

S2 E6 · Among Those Missing

Constable Turners plane crashes in a forest, killing the pilot and leaving the Constable stranded with his prisoner.

S2 E7 · Flight to Terror

1963-09-16

A pair of downed fliers are most ungrateful when Ted and Jim "drop in" on them.

S2 E8 · Day of the Hunter

McKeever and Buckley find a munitions factory owner injured by a gunshot. As they try to save him another man threatens them.

S2 E9 · The Losers

McKeever and Buckley venture into the desert and find a mysterious mine containing uranium.

S2 E10 · A Present for Felipe

Mystery shrouds a Latin-American village where the boys arrive just in time for a non-existent party.

S2 E11 · Devil's Canyon

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S2 E12 · The Money Mine

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S2 E13 · The Lost Ones

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S2 E14 · The Last Chapter

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S2 E15 · Run, Joby, Run

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S2 E16 · The Wrong Way Down

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S2 E17 · A Free Falling Star

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S2 E18 · Reprisal

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S2 E19 · The Lost Tribe

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S2 E20 · Chute to Kill

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S2 E21 · Willie

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S2 E22 · The Well

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S2 E23 · The Trouble with Denny Collins

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S2 E24 · The Final Jump

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S2 E25 · Picture of Terror

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S2 E26 · The Inventor

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S2 E27 · Jump to a Blind Alley

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S2 E28 · Jump or Die

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S2 E29 · Jump to Freedom

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S2 E30 · Man on a Mountain

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S2 E31 · The Suicide Club

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S2 E32 · Million Dollar Drop

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S2 E33 · Flight for Life

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S2 E34 · The Proud Little Man

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S2 E35 · Semper Paratus Any Time

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S2 E36 · Where do Elephants Go to Die?

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