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Checkmate The Button Down Break (Season 2, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 60 min |Crime, Drama, Mystery

Checkmate

The Button Down Break (Season 2, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 60 min |Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tony Randall plays a cunning convict who has an "infallible plan" to break out of prison. Checkmate put a team member undercover in prison, to thwart him.

Creator

Eric Ambler (creator)

Director

Paul Stewart

Writers

Lewis Reed (teleplay) |William Shatner (story)

Producer

Richard Berg (producer) (as Dick Berg)

Composer

Marty Paich

Cinematographer

John F. Warren (director of photography)

Editor

Howard Epstein

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Status

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Updated 1961 Oct 11

Release date

Oct 11, 1961 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
14 cast members

Name	Known for
Anthony George Don Corey Don Corey See fewer	Dark Shadows (1966)
Doug McClure Jed Sills Jed Sills See fewer	Maverick (1994)
Sebastian CabotDr. Carl Hyatt Dr. Carl Hyatt See fewer	The Jungle Book (1967)
Tony Randall Luther Gage Luther Gage See fewer	Pillow Talk (1959)
Jack Betts Chris Devlin Chris Devlin See fewer	Spider-Man (2002)
Ina Victor Vicky Vicky See fewer	Thriller (1960)
Ken LynchLt. Thomas Brand Lt. Thomas Brand See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
William Bramley Burke Burke See fewer	West Side Story (1961)
Leo Penn Allen Allen See fewer	Ben Casey (1961)
John Zaremba Dr. Cooper Dr. Cooper See fewer	20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
Jack MannThe Superintendent The Superintendent See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Robert B. WilliamsThe Guard (as Bob Williams) The Guard (as Bob Williams) See fewer	The Bat (1959)
Olan SouleEd Jenkins the Window Washer Ed Jenkins the Window Washer See fewer	State and Main (2000)
Marianne GabaLucille, Devlin's Girl Friend (uncredited) Lucille, Devlin's Girl Friend (uncredited) See fewer	How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)