Checkmate The Deadly Silence (Season 1, Episode 27)
TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Checkmate

The Deadly Silence (Season 1, Episode 27)

TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gangsters chase a deaf schoolteacher who has read their lips and so learned of their plan to bring fellow mobster Antonio Lucas into the country from Cuba.

Director

Paul Stewart

Writers

Harold Clements (teleplay) | Hendrik Vollaerts (story) (as Rik Vollaerts)

Composer

John Williams (as Johnny Williams)

Cinematographer

Jack MacKenzie

Editor

John Blunk (as John B. Blunk)

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 8, 1961

Release date

Apr 8, 1961 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 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)
Diana Lynn Joan Emerson Joan Emerson See fewer	The Major and the Minor (1942)
Ken Lynch Lt. Thomas Brand Lt. Thomas Brand See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
Parley Baer Harris Harris See fewer	License to Drive (1988)
Donna Douglas Barbara Simmons Barbara Simmons See fewer	The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Jeanne Bates Mrs. Lasko Mrs. Lasko See fewer	Mulholland Drive (2001)
Leonard Bremen Argosy Repair Man (as Lennie Bremen) Argosy Repair Man (as Lennie Bremen) See fewer	The Front Page (1974)
Ted Stanhope Man with Glasses Man with Glasses See fewer	Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Percy Helton Steam Room Attendant Steam Room Attendant See fewer	The Set-Up (1949)
Dennis Rush Tommy Lako Tommy Lako See fewer	Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Clegg Hoyt Ox Ox See fewer	13 West Street (1962)
Mike Mahoney Michaels Michaels See fewer	The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
Allen Pinson Sam Dooley Sam Dooley See fewer	Dan Raven (1960)
Tony Rosa Detective Detective See fewer	Checkmate (1960)
Hope Holiday Verne Verne See fewer	The Apartment (1960)