T.H.E. Cat
Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat is a retired acrobat--and a retired thief--who has become a bodyguard. He works out of his friend's café, "El Casa del Gato" (The House of the Cat), where he uses his skills to protect his clients. Many of his adventures involve using his cat-burglar skills.
- 1966-1967
- 1 season
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Drama
Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat is a retired acrobat--and a retired thief--who has become a bodyguard. He works out of his friend's café, "El Casa del Gato" (The House of the Cat), where he uses his skills to protect his clients. Many of his adventures involve using his cat-burglar skills.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1966 - 1967
Episode 1
To Kill a Priest
Fri, Sep 16, 1966 30 mins
Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat is engaged to protect a priest sentenced to death by a cabal of extortioners.
Episode 2
Sandman
Fri, Sep 23, 1966 30 mins
Cat tries to prevent Emil 'The Sandman' Sanderson, his cat burglar mentor, from stealing a rare gem from a mobster.
Episode 3
Payment Overdue
Fri, Sep 30, 1966
Cat tries to protect a small time press agent from mobsters.
Episode 4
Brotherhood
Fri, Oct 7, 1966
A hoodlum holds a teenage girl at gunpoint, demanding that Cat bring the girl's policeman father to him so that he can kill him before his mob associates do, all as retribution for something that happened 17 years earlier.
Episode 5
Little Arnie from Long Ago
Fri, Oct 14, 1966 30 mins
A gangster is released from prison after serving 30 years. He wants to get back into the rackets, and refuses to accept that the times have changed. McAllister, who lost his left hand to the gangster's bullets before he was jailed, is determined to put the man back in prison again.
Episode 6
None to Weep, None to Mourn
Fri, Oct 21, 1966 30 mins
The widow of the head of a Gypsy clan hires Cat to protect the man's son as he spends the night in the traditional mourning of his father. She believes her husband was murdered, and the same people who killed him want to kill the son.
Episode 7
Moment of Truth
Fri, Oct 28, 1966
Cat offers his protection to a famous bullfighter who is marked for murder.
Episode 8
Marked for Death
Fri, Nov 4, 1966 30 mins
Cat must save Pepe, who has been marked for death by a gypsy king.
Episode 9
Crossing at Destino Bay
Fri, Nov 18, 1966 30 mins
Cat is involved in a deadly cat and mouse incident at a ferry crossing.
Episode 10
To Bell T.H.E. Cat
Fri, Nov 25, 1966
Cat protects an artist who sketches a picture of an underworld henchman at the scene of a murder.
Episode 11
Curtains for Miss Winslow
Fri, Dec 2, 1966 30 mins
An actress past her prime hires Cat to protect her from someone who is out to kill her.
Episode 12
King of Limpets
Fri, Dec 9, 1966
Cat is hired by a young woman to protect a boy from a group of assassins, but is she really looking out for the boy's best interests?
Episode 13
The System
Fri, Dec 16, 1966
Cat rescues a kidnapped scientist and tries to keep him safe from a ruthless monarch.
Episode 14
The Canary Who Lost His Voice
Fri, Dec 23, 1966 30 mins
Cat is hired to protect the owner of a cheap goods store from a deported mob boss who has risked his freedom in coming back to the U.S. just to kill the man.
Episode 15
The Ring of Anasis
Fri, Dec 30, 1966 30 mins
Cat is hired to protect an antique collector who has been marked for death.
Episode 16
Queen of Diamonds, Knave of Hearts
Fri, Jan 6, 1967 30 mins
A countess, an old friend of Cat's, hires him to retrieve a necklace she gave to a blackmailing ex-lover of hers, before her husband finds out. Unfortunately, the blackmailer is now using the necklace as collateral to cover his gambling debts.
Episode 17
A Hot Place to Die
Fri, Jan 13, 1967
In an episode filmed entirely in the daylight---a change of pace for this nocturnal series---Cat tries to protect a man and woman as they ride through the desert in the blazing sun, trying to evade the sadistic mobster the man is scheduled to testify against.
Episode 18
A Slight Family Trait
Fri, Jan 20, 1967
Cat tries to dissuade the daughter of an old friend who is determined to start a career as a cat burglar by cracking the safe of a dangerous king aboard his ship. And the king has something he wants no one to know about, and is willing to kill to keep it a secret.
Episode 19
If Once You Fail
Fri, Jan 27, 1967
Cat's girlfriend witnesses the killing of a man who was to testify against a mob boss, and she sees the face of the killer. But while protecting her, Cat is himself wounded and his girlfriend is killed. Her twin sister offers to set herself up as a decoy, but Cat is determined to avenge the killer himself.
Episode 20
Design for Death
Fri, Feb 3, 1967
The owner of fashion agency orders the murder of model who had been carrying a set of counterfeit passport plates. Now one of the model's friends is also a target, and Cat is told he must produce the plates to save her life.
Episode 21
Matter Over Mind
Fri, Feb 10, 1967
Informed by a mind reader that Cat is out to kill him, a mobster decides to kill Cat first.
Episode 22
The Blood-Red Night
Fri, Feb 17, 1967
Cat is hired by an elderly woman who believes the priceless ruby she has long owned is a death curse for anyone else. She believes someone wants to kill her before she has the ruby cut into three pieces, which she thinks will end the curse.
Episode 23
The Ninety Percent Blues
Fri, Feb 24, 1967 30 mins
Entertainer Timmie Taylor is under complete control of a gangster and is desperate to get out of his contract. Cat is enlisted to not only protect him physically but also solve his dilemma permanently.
Episode 24
The Long Chase
Fri, Mar 10, 1967
Cat is asked by police to locate and help capture an escaped cop killer who is holding a nurse hostage in the heights of a shipyard factory complex. The killer is an old friend who once saved Cat's life.
Episode 25
Twenty-One and Out
Fri, Mar 24, 1967
Cat tries to protect a woman who is slated to testify against a crime boss, who has put up a $200,000 bounty for anyone who kills her.
Episode 26
Lisa
Fri, Mar 31, 1967
Cat answers a call for help from a woman he knows he shouldn't trust, who then drugs him and leaves him to be found with foreign currency in his pocket, all as part of a scheme to steal millions from an arms smuggler.