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.

Director

Paul Stewart

Writers

Eric Ambler (creator) | Lewis Reed (teleplay) | William Shatner (story)

Producer

Richard Berg (as Dick Berg)

Composer

Marty Paich

Cinematographer

John F. Warren

Editor

Howard Epstein

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 11, 1961

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	The Virginian (1962)
Sebastian Cabot Dr. Carl Hyatt Dr. Carl Hyatt See fewer	The Jungle Book (1967)
Tony Randall Luther Gage Luther Gage See fewer	The Odd Couple (1970)
Jack Betts Chris Devlin Chris Devlin See fewer	Spider-Man (2002)
Ina Victor Vicky Vicky See fewer	Thriller (1960)
Ken Lynch Lt. 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 Mann The Superintendent The Superintendent See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Robert B. Williams The Guard (as Bob Williams) The Guard (as Bob Williams) See fewer	The Bat (1959)
Olan Soule Ed Jenkins the Window Washer Ed Jenkins the Window Washer See fewer	Captain Midnight (1954)
Marianne Gaba Lucille, Devlin's Girl Friend (uncredited) Lucille, Devlin's Girl Friend (uncredited) See fewer	How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)