Checkmate was one of the best television dramas to come out of the 1960s, combining great scripts, locations and casting. Created by thriller-writer Eric Ambler and filmed on the streets of San Francisco, the series revolves around private investigators and their quest to prevent crimes before they happen. The show's haunting, iconic music, composed by John Williams, is perfectly suited for Checkmate's San Francisco setting, of fog-filled streets, sweeping ocean views and cable cars.
- For the first time on DVD, the complete television series CHECKMATE starring Doug McClure, Anthony George and Sebastian Cabot, all 70 episodes from 1960 to 1962 on 12 dual-layer discs for the best picture and sound quality.
- Over 3500 minutes, 58 hours!
- Featuring major guest stars in every episode, including Anne Baxter, Joseph Cotten, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, David Janssen, Angie Dickinson, Jack Lord, Tony Randall, Cloris Leachman, Martin Landau, Julie London, Buddy Ebsen and many,
many more!
- Theme music by John Williams (Jaws, Star Wars, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark)
- Created by the famed thriller-detective writer, Eric Ambler
Disc 1
- Death Runs Wild
Anne Baxter
- Interrupted Honeymoon
Inger Stevens, Robert Vaughan
- Cyanide Touch
Dean Stockwell
- Lady on the Brink
Jane Wyman
- Face in the Window
Jospeh Cotten
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Disc 2
- Runaway
Anna Maria Alberghetti
- Target Tycoon
Charles Bickford
- Deadly Shadow
Margaret O'Brien
- The Dark Divide
Barbara Rush
- Moment of Truth
Martin Landau, Richard Conte
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Disc 3
- The Mask of Vengeance
Cloris Leachman
- The Murder Game
Richard Anderson
- The Princess in the Tower
Terry Moore, Naomi Stevens
- Terror from the East
Charles Laughton
- The Human Touch
Peter Lorre
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Disc 4
- Hour of Execution
James Gregory, Norma Crane
- Don;t Believe a Word She Says
Norman Leavitt, Mona Freeman
- Laugh Till I Die
Dick Shawn, H.M. Wynant
- Between Two Guns
Jack Warden, Beverly Garland
- A Matter of Conscience
Gary Merrill
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Disc 5
- Melody for Murder
Everett Sloane, Harry Lauter
- Phantom Lover
Robert Lansing
- The Gift
Patrice Munsel
- One of the Book
Audrey Meadows
- The Paper Killer
Mickey Rooney
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Disc 6
- Jungle Castle
Lee Marvin, Denver Pyle
- The Deadly Silence
Donna Douglas, Diana Lynn
- Goodbye, Griff
Julie London, Harry Guardino
- Dance of Death
Cyd Charisse, Argentina Brunetti
- Voyage into Fear
Joan Fontaine
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Disc 7
- Tight as a Drum
Dan Duryea
- Death by Design
Eve Arden
- The Thrill Seeker
Susan Oliver
- Hot Wind in a Cold Town
Martin Landau
- A Slight Touch of Venom
Susan Cummings
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Disc 8
- State of Shock (Season 1 Finale)
Nina Foch, Warren Stevens
- Portrait of a Man Running
Ralph Bellamy
- The Button Down Break
Tony Randall, Jack Betts
- The Heat of Passion
Dorothy Malone, John Dehner, Ed Nelson
- Waiting for Jocko
Jeffrey Hunter
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Disc 9
- Through a Dark Glass
Claire Bloom, William Windom
- Juan Moreno's Body
Diane Lynn, Henry James
- Kill the Sound
Sid Caesar
- The Crimson Pool
Vera Miles
- The Two of Us
Lloyd Bridges
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Disc 10
- Nice Guys Finish Last
James Whitmore
- To the Best of My Recollection
Laraine Day, Bill Bixby
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Game
Jack Benny, Tina Louise
- The Star System
Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Lord
- The Renaissance of Gussie Hill
Eleanor Parker, Herschel Brenardi
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Disc 11
- A Very Rough Sketch
Keir Dullea, Dina Merrill
- The Yacht Club Gang
Patricia Neal, John Astin
- Death Beyond Recall
Walter Pidgeon
- The Sound of Nervous Laughter
George Sanders
- An Assassin Arrives Andante
Werner Klemperer, Richard Conte
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Disc 12
- Remembrances of Crimes Past
Angie Dickinson, Anne Seymour
- The Heart is a Handout
Harry Dean Stanton, Myron McCormick
- Brooding Fixation
Mary Astor, Scott Marlowe
- A Chant of Silence
Nick Adams, James Coburn
- Trial by Midnight
Dana Andrews
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Disc 13
- Ride a Wild Horse
David Janssen, Suzanne Lloyd
- So Beats My Plastic Heart
Celeste Holm, Audrey Meadows, John Astin
- In a Foreign Quarter
Nobu McCarthy, James Hong
- Referendum on Murder
Dan O'Herlihy
- The Someday Man
Don Taylor, Julie Adams
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Disc 14
- Rendezvous in Washington
Macdonald Carey, Kathleen Crowley
- The Bold and the Tough
Ellen Burstyn, Edward Binns, Harry Carey, Jr.
- Will the Real Killer Please Stand Up?
Ilka Windish, Stefan Schnabel
- Down the Gardenia Path
Susan Kohner, Ilka Chase
- Side by Side
Buddy Ebsen
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