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Ripcord

7.5 | en | Action & Adventure

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.

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EP36  Where do Elephants Go to Die?
Jan. 01,0001
Where do Elephants Go to Die?

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EP35  Semper Paratus Any Time
Jan. 01,0001
Semper Paratus Any Time

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EP34  The Proud Little Man
Jan. 01,0001
The Proud Little Man

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EP33  Flight for Life
Jan. 01,0001
Flight for Life

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EP32  Million Dollar Drop
Jan. 01,0001
Million Dollar Drop

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EP31  The Suicide Club
Jan. 01,0001
The Suicide Club

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EP30  Man on a Mountain
Jan. 01,0001
Man on a Mountain

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EP29  Jump to Freedom
Jan. 01,0001
Jump to Freedom

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EP28  Jump or Die
Jan. 01,0001
Jump or Die

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EP27  Jump to a Blind Alley
Jan. 01,0001
Jump to a Blind Alley

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EP26  The Inventor
Jan. 01,0001
The Inventor

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EP25  Picture of Terror
Jan. 01,0001
Picture of Terror

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EP24  The Final Jump
Jan. 01,0001
The Final Jump

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EP23  The Trouble with Denny Collins
Jan. 01,0001
The Trouble with Denny Collins

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EP22  The Well
Jan. 01,0001
The Well

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EP21  Willie
Jan. 01,0001
Willie

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EP20  Chute to Kill
Jan. 01,0001
Chute to Kill

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EP19  The Lost Tribe
Jan. 01,0001
The Lost Tribe

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EP18  Reprisal
Jan. 01,0001
Reprisal

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EP17  A Free Falling Star
Jan. 01,0001
A Free Falling Star

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EP16  The Wrong Way Down
Jan. 01,0001
The Wrong Way Down

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EP15  Run, Joby, Run
Jan. 01,0001
Run, Joby, Run

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EP14  The Last Chapter
Jan. 01,0001
The Last Chapter

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EP13  The Lost Ones
Jan. 01,0001
The Lost Ones

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EP12  The Money Mine
Jan. 01,0001
The Money Mine

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EP11  Devil's Canyon
Jan. 01,0001
Devil's Canyon

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EP10  A Present for Felipe
Jan. 01,0001
A Present for Felipe

Mystery shrouds a Latin-American village where the boys arrive just in time for a non-existent party.

EP9  The Losers
Jan. 01,0001
The Losers

McKeever and Buckley venture into the desert and find a mysterious mine containing uranium.

EP8  Day of the Hunter
Jan. 01,0001
Day of the Hunter

McKeever and Buckley find a munitions factory owner injured by a gunshot. As they try to save him another man threatens them.

EP7  Flight to Terror
Sep. 16,1963
Flight to Terror

A pair of downed fliers are most ungrateful when Ted and Jim "drop in" on them.

EP6  Among Those Missing
Jan. 01,0001
Among Those Missing

Constable Turners plane crashes in a forest, killing the pilot and leaving the Constable stranded with his prisoner.

EP5  Infiltration
Jan. 01,0001
Infiltration

Ted and Jim join in an attempt to break up a smuggling racket.

EP4  Hostage Below
Jan. 01,0001
Hostage Below

The boys are sent to ransom a millionaire's kidnapped daughter.

EP3  Panic at 10,000
Jan. 01,0001
Panic at 10,000

Ted and Jim get involved in a political feud at the opening ceremonies of an airport.

EP2  Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter
Jan. 01,0001
Race Morgan: Bounty Hunter

Ted and Jim help a Soldier of Fortune catch a criminal.

EP1  Aerial Backfire
Jan. 01,0001
Aerial Backfire

An 8-year-old hires Ted and Jim to rescue his dog from a burning forest.

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Released: 1961-09-28 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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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.

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Ken Curtis , Larry Pennell , Paul Comi

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Cast

Ken Curtis
Ken Curtis

as Jim Buckley

Conagher The Yellow Rose Pony Express Rider Robin Hood Ripcord The Alamo The Horse Soldiers The Killer Shrews The Young Land
Larry Pennell
Larry Pennell

as

The Passing Bubba Ho-tep The Borrower Superstition Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn Matilda Lassie: Joyous Sound Flaming Frontier Our Man in Jamaica
Paul Comi
Paul Comi

as

The Killings at Outpost Zeta Cape Fear Ripcord Two Faces West

Reviews

maxsmodels Being a pilot (9000+ hours) and former skydiver (216 jumps) I can tell you that this show is cool yet absurd. The actors are fine, the writing was often good, but sometimes the story lines simply departed reality. I guess the writers were just trying to come up with something exciting. To me, the best parts are the stunt work. You have to remember that to get the great aerial footage, they had to do it for real with a cameraman falling alongside. I think the cameraman were the best skydiver of them all.when I did my first skydive from a Cessna 182 (in the 1980's) I was amazed that I flashed back to the show. The sound of that engine was exactly the same as in the show.I wish I could find it on DVD. Get some popcorn, suspend reality and enjoy an often absurd, but always cools show! PS: I think Larry Pannell was a better actor than Hollywood ever let him be.
illusiondweller The Ripcord series fit into a cunning and largely appreciated black and white 1960's TV niche. It was situated somewhere between the hybrid "Lassie" genre (which used formula after formula to keep the series going---with middling success, but without a comfortable continuity of characters and situations)...and Whirley Birds which recycled some of the stars and characters from the "Park Ranger Lassies". These Lassies became a real ordeal to watch even for kids.Ripcord, proffering a welcomed outline--- bereft of non-western and non-private eye predictability--- mixed action, drama, mystery, humor and, well--- swagger to bring a fascinating weekly episode about the infant sport of skydiving to its dedicated viewer-ship of all age groups.The adventures were of a compelling and happy-ending ilk. The dialog was cleverly written. It pretty much had to be. It was born of the necessity of familiarizing viewers with the intricacies and dangers attendant to a burgeoning sport...and, at the same time, putting forth a fresh plot which could be understood amid the defining of an interesting-if-unfamiliar activity.The co-main character, Ken Curtis, who went on to play the ubiquitous and well-meaning bumpkin/buffoon on Gunsmoke did well in Ripcord---and, ultimately became an American "Prairie Trash" icon of the small screen---leaving small, grinding parts to follow for his counterpart, Larry Pennell. Pennell subsequently and interminably showed up in just about every type part that had to be auditioned for. See: Dash Riprock's character of The Beverly Hillbillies. A pity, as his talent and visage were quite worthy for their time.How many within sight or hollering' distance of this piece know that in 1950, Larry "Bud" Pennell was the slick fielding and power hitting first baseman for the Jackson(MS)Senators. Well, he was. And, his exciting play filled-up the rickety green painted board seats of dilapidated League Park...at the fairgrounds...in my hometown. I was then a ten year old bat boy whose crew cut head Pennell rubbed for good luck prior to an at-bat. The Senators folded their tent upon completion of the season of 1950, by the way.Pennell could hit a baseball farther than you could point. Would that his acting career had been such fodder for excitement. Bud Pennell could play, guys. Buddy Buchanan/Jackson,MS
rogerc172 If it were up to me to come up with a tag line for this show, that's what it would be. I'll say more in a later post, but the computer keeps booting me out & I want to get at least something down here.Made during a very fascinating period in skydiving's development.
yenlo So many films and TV shows today are made that make money off the merchandising end. This was an early TV show that did that. Two guys run a parachute center and help out the police, forest rangers and so on fight crime, rescue people etc. But the best part of this show was that it produced a neat toy. For $1.98 you could get your very own toy parachute made of a heavy plastic with a little toy Army man attached who would come floating down to earth after you packed the chute and tucked it into the opening on his back and threw it into the air. For kids of the late 50's early 60's this was great. The show on the other hand was pretty much the same week to week. The sky diving scenes however were authentic. Considering the difficulty in filming something like this during this time period it would have to be considered a little ahead of it's time. The late Ken Curtis who is best remembered as Festus on Gunsmoke starred in this action series.