Ripcord

30min

Action & Adventure

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

Cast

The Sky Diver

1. The Sky Diver

30min

28th Sep 1961

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

Flight to Terror

2. Flight to Terror

30min

4th Oct 1961

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

Crime Jump

3. Crime Jump

30min

11th Oct 1961

Ted and Jim try to clear themselves of murder.

Thoroughbred

4. Thoroughbred

30min

18th Oct 1961

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

Air Carnival

5. Air Carnival

30min

25th Oct 1961

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.

Hi-Jack

6. Hi-Jack

30min

1st Nov 1961

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

The Condemned

7. The Condemned

30min

8th Nov 1961

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

Millionaire Doctor

8. Millionaire Doctor

30min

15th Nov 1961

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

Sierra Jump

9. Sierra Jump

30min

22nd Nov 1961

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.

Darb

10. Darb

30min

29th Nov 1961

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

Ransom Drop

11. Ransom Drop

30min

6th Dec 1961

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

Log Jam

12. Log Jam

30min

13th Dec 1961

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.

The Human Kind

13. The Human Kind

30min

20th Dec 1961

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

High Jeopardy

14. High Jeopardy

30min

27th Dec 1961

A reckless skydiving student jumps into danger.

The Financier

15. The Financier

30min

3rd Jan 1962

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

The Silver Cord

16. The Silver Cord

30min

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

Escape

17. Escape

30min

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

Airborne

18. Airborne

30min

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.

Last Chance

19. Last Chance

30min

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

Double Drop

20. Double Drop

30min

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

Desperate Choice

21. Desperate Choice

30min

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

Mile High Triangle

22. Mile High Triangle

30min

22nd Jan 1962

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

Jungle Survival

23. Jungle Survival

30min

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

Hagen Charm

24. Hagen Charm

30min

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.

The Helicopter Race

25. The Helicopter Race

30min

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

Para-Nurse

26. Para-Nurse

30min

12th Apr 1962

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.

Colorado Jump

27. Colorado Jump

30min

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

Top Secret

28. Top Secret

30min

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

One for the Money

29. One for the Money

30min

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

Sentence of Death

30. Sentence of Death

30min

A Nazi war criminal menaces Ted and Jim.

Elegy for a Hero

31. Elegy for a Hero

30min

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

Cougar Mesa

32. Cougar Mesa

30min

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

Chuting Stars

33. Chuting Stars

30min

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

Death Camp

34. Death Camp

30min

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.

Radar Rescue

35. Radar Rescue

30min

10th May 1962

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.

Diplomatic Mission

36. Diplomatic Mission

30min

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

Hurricane Charlie

37. Hurricane Charlie

30min

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

Counter-Attack

38. Counter-Attack

30min

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

The Hunter

39. The Hunter

30min

The boys try to intercept an assassin.

Aerial Backfire

40. Aerial Backfire

30min

Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter

41. Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter

30min

Panic at 10,000

42. Panic at 10,000

30min

Hostage Below

43. Hostage Below

30min

Infiltration

44. Infiltration

30min

Among Those Missing

45. Among Those Missing

30min

Flight to Terror

46. Flight to Terror

30min

Day of the Hunter

47. Day of the Hunter

30min

The Losers

48. The Losers

30min

A Present for Felipe

49. A Present for Felipe

30min

Devil's Canyon

50. Devil's Canyon

30min

The Money Mine

51. The Money Mine

30min

The Lost Ones

52. The Lost Ones

30min

The Last Chapter

53. The Last Chapter

30min

Run, Joby, Run

54. Run, Joby, Run

30min

The Wrong Way Down

55. The Wrong Way Down

30min

A Free Falling Star

56. A Free Falling Star

30min

Reprisal

57. Reprisal

30min

The Lost Tribe

58. The Lost Tribe

30min

Chute to Kill

59. Chute to Kill

30min

Willie

60. Willie

30min

The Well

61. The Well

30min

The Trouble with Denny Collins

62. The Trouble with Denny Collins

30min

The Final Jump

63. The Final Jump

30min

Picture of Terror

64. Picture of Terror

30min

The Inventor

65. The Inventor

30min

Jump to a Blind Alley

66. Jump to a Blind Alley

30min

Jump or Die

67. Jump or Die

30min

Jump to Freedom

68. Jump to Freedom

30min

Man on a Mountain

69. Man on a Mountain

30min

The Suicide Club

70. The Suicide Club

30min

Million Dollar Drop

71. Million Dollar Drop

30min

Flight for Life

72. Flight for Life

30min

The Proud Little Man

73. The Proud Little Man

30min

Semper Paratus Any Time

74. Semper Paratus Any Time

30min

Expose

75. Expose

30min

First air date

28th Sep 1961

Last air date

16th Sep 1963

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks