Tightrope (TV Series) Night of the Gun (1960) User Reviews

Good vs. Evil and very good acting in a 1959-60 genre.

[rothberg1 · 10/10 · 24 June 2006]

The classic climactic scene between Nick and Mike Kellin (the killer) remains embedded in my memory as a wonderful contest between good and bad, with the bad guy (Kellin) appreciating Nick's cleverness, all while being gunned down. As an aside, I remember seeing Mike Kellin in a restaurant in Manhattan shortly after the episode aired. I went over to him and told him how much I enjoyed the show and his acting. He couldn't have been more gracious.

Also, what is interesting, in retrospect, Mike Connors reminded me of the early Sean Connery in Dr. No, and from Russia with Love.

I have located four episodes of Tightrope, and while they are not high quality, they are good enough to enjoy.

Let's get all these Tightrope episodes on DVD for purchase.

The best episode of Tightrope was this one.

[Rlipt8 · 10/10 · 13 January 2007]

This is beyond belief that someone else remembered this episode as every time I ever saw Mike, his performance in this episode of tightrope enthralled me and enchanted me with his on screen performance.

His line as he was dying on screen was, "It was like pulling a rabbit out of a hat," to Mike Connors character, in homage to his getting the drop on him and getting him in time.

I would give anything to see this episode along with the episode "Fast Gun" from NYPD with Jack Warden, Kevin Hooks and Frank Converse. Why won't someone make these available while us aficionados are still alive.

Oct 8, 2009 I finally got to see this episode of Tightrope again thanks the posters. It was stupendous to see that again. Absolutely hilarious, but cool too.

Mike Kellin's portrayal was classic, it was a cross between Sid Ceaser's imitation of a Jazz musician, reefer smoking hipster with a lisp and some gay flavored Liberace winks and mannerisms thrown in to boot to mix with his sadism as a hit man. Great original portrayal though, absolute classic episode.

Also saw the old Frank Converse, Robert Hooks and Jack Warden NYPD one which was great too with the fast draw artist taking on all comers, another great crazy guy performance.