• Air date: 28 Sep '61 75 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (75)
    • 1. The Sky Diver

      28 Sep '61
      A sky diver attempts to rescue a party of geologists after they send out an SOS for a desperately needed instrument.
    • 2. Flight to Terror

      04 Oct '61
      Gangster and his wife must make a forced landing while fleeing to Mexico.
    • 3. Crime Jump

      11 Oct '61
      Ted and Jim try to clear themselves of murder.
    • 4. Thoroughbred

      18 Oct '61
      Ted and Jim jump into treacherous canyon country to rescue Matador, a thoroughbred trapped amid the rocks.
    • 5. Air Carnival

      25 Oct '61
      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.
    • 6. Hi-Jack

      01 Nov '61
      Skydivers McKeever and Buckley are on an expedition to recover space capsules at sea when their C-47 is hijacked.
    • 7. The Condemned

      08 Nov '61
      The skydivers assignment tonight is to find a woman's body at an inaccessible ski resort.
    • 8. Millionaire Doctor

      15 Nov '61
      The skydivers have one of their most trying and exciting experiences while trying to salvage a ship loaded with high explosives.
    • 9. Sierra Jump

      22 Nov '61
      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.
    • 10. Darb

      29 Nov '61
      Archaeologist,Gustave Merril holds Ted McKeever captive. Ted is kidnapped by an archaeologist eager to get his hands on an Aztec death mask.
    • 11. Ransom Drop

      06 Dec '61
      Kidnappers hold electronicist Brandon Oliver hostage and demand a special ransom: Brandon Oliver's highly valuable new gadget.
    • 12. Log Jam

      13 Dec '61
      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.
    • 13. The Human Kind

      20 Dec '61
      The boys join an air search for the kidnapped wife of a rancher.
    • 14. High Jeopardy

      27 Dec '61
      A reckless skydiving student jumps into danger.
    • 15. The Financier

      03 Jan '62
      Skydivers investigate millionaire's suicide. Wealthy E.J. Bowen killed himself.
    • 16. The Silver Cord

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

      Fugitive criminal Steve Danton forces Chuck Lambert to take him aloft in the Skydivers, Inc., plane, leaving Ted McKeever and Jim Buckley grounded.
    • 18. 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.
    • 19. Last Chance

      Ted, captured by a claim jumper, looks for a way to signal Jim.
    • 20. Double Drop

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

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

      22 Jan '62
      Eric Askley substitutes a dummy parachute for the one his wife packs for her first attempt at sky diving.
    • 23. Jungle Survival

      The jungle becomes a nightmarish prison for a stranded Ted and Jim.
    • 24. 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.
    • 25. The Helicopter Race

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