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Peter Gunn
1958 - 1961 6.5 (18 votes) 3 Seasons
Genres
Crime Drama
Networks
NBC
Created By
Blake Edwards

Peter Gunn

Pete to his friends, Gunn to his enemies.

Overview

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.

Key Crew

Writer: Blake Edwards

Producer: Blake Edwards

Top Cast

Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens

Peter Gunn

Lola Albright
Lola Albright

Edie Hart

Herschel Bernardi
Herschel Bernardi

Lieutenant Jacoby

Minerva Urecal
Minerva Urecal

Mother

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1958)

No overview available.

38 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Kill
1958-09-22

When Mother is approached by gangsters to pay protection money, she asks Peter Gunn to intervene. When she refuses to pay, a bomb is set off in her night club.

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Episode 2: Streetcar Jones
1958-09-29

A jazz musician is killed and another musician is accused. Pete is called in to the case. This episode features the jazz music of Henry Mancini.

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Episode 3: The Vicious Dog
1958-10-06

A newspaper reporter writing an expose of a crime boss is attacked by a dog. Pete is called in to investigate.

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Episode 4: The Blind Pianist
1958-10-13

A "blind" pianist witnesses a murder and, to protect his secret, hires Pete to find the killer.

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Episode 5: The Frog
1958-10-20

Pete is called by a gangster's leg man who is then murdered. Pete becomes involved in a search for incriminating evidence.

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Episode 6: The Chinese Hangman
1958-10-27

Pete is asked by a religious cult leader to find a missing girl and the money she had access to.

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Episode 7: Lynn's Blues
1958-11-03

Singer Lynn Martel has lost all hope after her boyfriend has been killed. The killing was arranged by Nat Kreuger, Martel's obsessed boss. When Peter Gunn tries to help her, his life also becomes endangered.

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Episode 8: Rough Buck
1958-11-10

A famous boxer is murdered. Pete is hired by the dead fighter's brother to find the killer. Peter Gunn's investigation leads him to a shady fight manager and a nightclub stripper.

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Episode 9: Image of Sally
1958-11-17

Nightclub singer Sally Hall is caught between two crime bosses who intend to have her at all costs.

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Episode 10: The Man with the Scar
1958-11-24

Roy Davidson the D.A.'s son is being framed for a crime he did not commit, Gunn investigates and is surprised by what he undercovers.

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Episode 11: Death House Testament
1958-12-01

Ten minutes before his execution a convicted murder hires Peter Gunn to find the $700,000 he stole, hand it over to the bond company, collect the 10% reward and give it to his daughter.

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Episode 12: The Torch
1958-12-08

A man is burnt to death. His widow hires Peter Gunn to find out who killed him.

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Episode 13: The Jockey
1958-12-15

Billy Arnet's girlfriend falls through a skylight, to her death. Peter Gunn is hired prove it was not an accident but murder.

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Episode 14: Sisters Of The Friendless
1958-12-22

A young man is accused of murder, and the only witnesses for the defense are two nuns who are unable to leave their convent.

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Episode 15: The Leaper
1958-12-29

An elderly circus performer is shot by a man using a high-powered rifle while standing on the ledge of an apartment building. The man's wife asks Peter Gunn to investigate the death of her husband.

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Episode 16: The Fuse
1959-01-05

A union boss's birthday starts off with a bang, and the crime boss who is the chief suspect wants Pete to clear his name before the situation gets even more explosive.

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Episode 17: Let's Kill Timothy
1959-01-19

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Episode 18: The Missing Night Watchman
1959-01-26

A body gets dumped off the pier, and Peter is hired by the proprietor of an antiquities shop to locate a stash of diamonds owned by an eccentric collector. Be prepared for some great dialogue.

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Episode 19: Murder On The Midway
1959-02-02

Peter Gunn is hired by a man known as the Baron to protect Rowena, the roommate of a murdered carnival dancer. Rowena is the Baron's girlfriend, and when she becomes infatuated with Gunn, the Baron threatens the private investgator.

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Episode 20: Pecos Pete
1959-02-09

There's trouble in Texas when a cowboy gets clobbered, and his brother, a cattle baron, hires Pete to find his killer. The welcome is none too warm, even when Pete goes native and dons the local attire. Mancini's score takes on a western swang. Marks the introduction of the new series logo design.

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Episode 21: Scuba
1959-02-16

A series of unsolved robberies have an insurance company looking to Pete to find the culprits. The investigation begins where a partner in a diving company was found murdered, and Pete hooks up with a Don Ho fan who is into water sports.

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Episode 22: Edie Finds a Corpse
1959-02-23

Edie is having her apartment renovated and during the renovations she uncovers a body.

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Episode 23: The Dirty Word
1959-03-02

After her husband is murdered, Louise Sinclair hits the bottle and her husbands lawyer consoles her.

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Episode 24: The Ugly Frame
1959-03-09

Lt. Jacoby tries to nail Quoit on a murder charge but is foiled by misinformation.

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Episode 25: The Lederer Story
1959-03-16

Mr. Lederer falls overboard on his yacht at night, and soon after his wife is poisoned, Gunn investigates.

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Episode 26: Keep Smiling
1959-03-23

Peter Gunn poses as a professional bowler to investigate a case of blackmail and murder.

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Episode 27: Breakout
1959-03-30

An escaped gangster lives in a rundown apartment undetected, wearing bandages. He hires Gunn to locate his brother and finds out that the man was involved in a payroll robbery.

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Episode 28: Pay Now, Kill Later
1959-04-06

After serving 14 years for a crime he did not commit, Spain decides to commit the crime he was sentenced and already served time for.

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Episode 29: Skin Deep
1959-04-13

Wealthy Helena Mears hires Peter Gunn to investigate the disappearance of her young sister Katie. Pete learns that Helena, lonely and jealous of Katie's popularity, has met an amorous but unscrupulous Latin who has been secretly seeing Katie.

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Episode 30: February Girl
1959-04-20

Model June Holton witnesses the murder of a photographer, only problem is she wasn't wearing her glasses and can't identify him.

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Episode 31: Love Me to Death
1959-04-27

Three lonely rich sisters and one of them finds a boyfriend, but is he really interested in her or her money. Five dead wives tell a different story.

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Episode 32: The Family Affair
1959-05-04

B.E. Raleigh's only relative, a nephew named Martin, was imprisoned for stealing from his uncle's company. Now that the Uncle is dying there are many attempts on the rich uncle's life to make his demise quicker.

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Episode 33: Lady Wind, Bells Fan
1959-05-11

Fan Dancer, Darling Lillian of The Green Dragon is given a special fan one that holds the key to the past.

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Episode 34: Bullet for a Badge
1959-05-18

An attempt on Lt. Jacoby is made when he receives a mysterious phone call and set up for a bullet.

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Episode 35: Kill from Nowhere
1959-05-25

Wealthy invalid Louise Reardon has an attempt made on her life and Gunn is hired to find her Aide, Scully.

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Episode 36: Vendetta
1959-06-01

Somebody shoots Edie in an attempt to get to Gunn. Jacoby still in the hospital gives Pete a clue as to who is seeking revenge.

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Episode 37: The Coffin
1959-06-08

Gunn is hired to accompany a coffin to Mexico City, the hitch is that there is no body in the coffin only money stolen during a robbery.

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Episode 38: The Portrait
1959-06-15

An unfaithful wife is dismayed that after her lovers death a portrait of her goes missing, she hires Gunn to retrieve the painting.

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Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1959)

No overview available.

38 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Protection
1959-09-21

Two thugs selling protection, if you don't pay for protection, you're blown up and permanently out of business. Gunn is hired by Mother when she runs into problems with The Owl.

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Episode 2: Crisscross
1959-09-28

Bank Manager Poole places smoke bombs throughout the bank and then cleans out the bank.

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Episode 3: Edge of the Knife
1959-10-05

A distraught father is worried about his daughter, Ellen Majeski, who did time for four years as an accomplice in a robbery. Now after her release she has disappeared and her father hires Gunn to find her. The twist is that her father died when she was 4.

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Episode 4: The Comic
1959-10-12

Convinced that his wife is trying to kill him, comedian Danny Holland comes to Peter Gunn for help.

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Episode 5: Death Is a Red Rose
1959-10-19

John Alastair is a desperate man and has a problem, he has hired Burnett to kill him but changes his mind. Unfortunately Burnett doesn't see it that way.

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Episode 6: The Young Assassins
1959-10-26

Charlie Mays is on Death Row and his seventeen year old son is heading down the same old road as his dad. Charlie asks Pete for help in saving his son from himself.

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Episode 7: The Feathered Doll
1959-11-02

Plainsclothes policeman Jay Madigan is found knifed on the docks near the carnival. Pete undercovers that the Shooting Gallery at the carnival is smuggling something in the dolls, heroin.

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Episode 8: Kidnap
1959-11-16

Lt. Jacoby is kidnapped, Pete goes looking for him and finds suspects at every turn.

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Episode 9: The Rifle
1959-11-23

Janos Kolanski, an inventor goes to Pete for help. Apparently there is a faction after his plans, his invention a deadly rifle.

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Episode 10: The Game
1959-11-30

Some jewels have been stolen, and an insurance man named Nickerman wants to pay the thieves to return them. So he hires Gunn to contact the crooks.

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Episode 11: The Price Is Murder
1959-12-07

Two escaped convicts go after Peter Gunn, and the best way to do that is get his girl first.

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Episode 12: The Briefcase
1959-12-14

Matthew Dunaway is killed on a train and his briefcase is stolen. Gunn is hired by Lavinia to find a man she claims is her husband and to find what is in the briefcase.

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Episode 13: Terror on the Campus
1959-12-21

Dean Norse hires Pete to find out what is happening on the campus, the girls are terrified with lights flickering off every night and the ringing of the bell tower which hasn't rung in over twenty years as well as a mysterious presence.

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Episode 14: The Wolfe Case
1959-12-28

Nancy Fowler is murdered and Pete is hired to find out why. He finds that it's a setup for a bitter wife married to a wealthy older man to get his money.

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Episode 15: Hot Money
1960-01-04

Willie Coronado is found dead in the dryer of a laundry mat. He was one of the men involved in a daring bank robbery involving one million dollars. Louis hires Pete to find out who killed his partner and to cut a deal with the DA's office for his involvement.

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Episode 16: Spell of Murder
1960-01-11

An attempt is made on Arnold Simpsons' life when he hires Gunn to find out who is blackmailing him. He tells Pete about a dig he was on with Frank Victor and how he abandoned him when the cave collapsed. Gunn is sent to the Blue Pheasant to pick up a parcel for Simpson and delivers it to him and is stunned when it goes off.

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Episode 17: The Grudge
1960-01-18

An escapee from a mental hospital gives the Mayor an ultimatum, either commit suicide or a bomb will be detonated at the Civic Centre.

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Episode 18: Fill the Cup
1960-01-25

Getty hires Gunn to help him to stop drinking, his daughter that he hasn't seen in fifteen years is coming to see him tomorrow and he wants to be sober for her. He begs Pete, tells him he's his last hope.

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Episode 19: See No Evil
1960-02-01

Cliffy, the blind newspaper vendor is afraid of Brenners who was convicted and escaped after his sentence has been given. He hires Pete to protect Cliffy from Al Brenners and his sidekick Springer.

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Episode 20: Sentenced
1960-02-08

Gunn is "Sentenced" to death for the murder of a clerk, but he escapes jail.

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Episode 21: The Hunt
1960-02-15

Two-thirds of this episode consists of a chase sequence without any dialog. Pete hears that he's marked for murder, but he refuses police protection. The killer finds Gunn alone in his apartment and forces him to take a nighttime ride into the desert.

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Episode 22: Hollywood Calling
1960-02-29

Actor Frankie Burns is murdered on the set of a new movie. Gunn finds out that the crime was committed to cover up an old crime.

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Episode 23: Sing a Song of Murder
1960-03-07

Arnie Kelton musician and ex-convict, asks Gunn to investigate his wife's death.

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Episode 24: The Long, Long Ride
1960-03-14

Someone is out to kill a former underworld boss, Joe Webber, back home after serving a lengthy prison term. Out of touch with the underworld, Webber hires Peter Gunn to find the identity of his would-be killer.

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Episode 25: The Deadly Proposition
1960-03-21

Employee Arthur Cole accuses his boss of killing his wife and hires Gunn to prove it. There is a twist and it leads to the suspect being Cole instead.

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Episode 26: The Murder Clause
1960-03-28

Pete is hired by trumpet player Bud Bailey's wife, she is accusing him of wanting to kill her for the insurance money.

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Episode 27: The Dummy
1960-04-04

Ventriloquist Marvelous Marvon is found murdered after his act. Gunn is hired by Marcel Benoit to the find killer. Rinaldo his Dummy, turns out to be no dummy.

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Episode 28: Slight Touch of Homicide
1960-04-11

A little man with homemade bombs has been blowing up four or five gangsters at a clip. Now the mob boss' have hired Gunn to find the culprit.

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Episode 29: Wings of an Angel
1960-04-18

Charlie Barnes is arrested for bank robbery and is cut a break to attend his daughter's wedding with Gunn as his watchman and then disappears.

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Episode 30: Death Watch
1960-04-25

Paul Conlon, a school teacher, is grading papers at school when he hears a scream he goes to investigate and finds a dead girl. He hires Gunn to prove his innocence.

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Episode 31: Witness in the Window
1960-05-02

Pete is hired by Anthony Scott to locate Marion Venner who is blackmailing him after their affair ended. What he finds leads him to believe that the neighbor may have seen something and met with an unhappy demise.

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Episode 32: The Best Laid Plans
1960-05-09

There is an assassination plot against the Governor, and Pete tries to find out who is behind it to stop the scheduled assassination. The plot is a ruse for something even bigger as Jacoby and Gunn find out.

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Episode 33: Send a Thief
1960-05-16

A secretary has important papers that incriminate her boss and becomes frightened when attempts are made on her life, at least that's the story she gives Pete. The real story is that Lyles a bank robber offs two of his cohorts after looking for the key to the safe deposit book where the loot is.

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Episode 34: The Semi-Private Eye
1960-05-23

Eric gets himself a trench coat and a pretty secretary. Now he's ready to start his career as he bumbles his way around town and interferes with the police department he is called in by Janos Thorwald to bring in his easy mark of a son.

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Episode 35: Letter of the Law
1960-05-30

Nightclub Singer Julie Kent is murdered and the DA's son is the suspect, she also happens to be the ex-girlfriend of syndicate boss DeSantis.

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Episode 36: The Crossbow
1960-06-06

Gunn is hired by Mr. Copeland to find out who stole his antique crossbow and is using it to murder people.

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Episode 37: The Heiress
1960-06-13

Walter C. Gerard is prisoner in his own house, his daughter has paroled criminal Frank Loomis who now lives in the mansion and runs the show.

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Episode 38: Baby Shoes
1960-06-27

A baby is dumped outside of Pete's apartment with a note attached asking Pete to take care of the baby. When a woman is gunned down Pete believes that she is somehow connected.

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Season 3 (1960)

No overview available.

38 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Passenger
1960-10-03

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Episode 2: Mask of Murder
1960-10-10

Gunn gets a frantic phone call from Norman Hartley and rushes to Hartley's home - only to find him dead.

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Episode 3: The Maitre D'
1960-10-17

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Episode 4: The Candidate
1960-10-24

The candidate for Governor, Adrian Grimmett, runs on a no-taxes platform. Who could possibly want to assassinate him?

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Episode 5: The Judgment
1960-10-31

On Halloween Arthur Merrill answers the door prepared to treat the youngsters - but one of them shoots him.

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Episode 6: The Death Frame
1960-11-07

Eddie Carson, a small time thug, is sure he's going to be bumped off. He tries to get Gunn to help him but the sleuth is unmoved until it's too late.

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Episode 7: Death Across the Board
1960-11-14

Wealthy Sportsman Harley Bernard would like to know who murdered his stable manager. At first Gunn suspects Frank Rousseau, a gangster who once tried to get Wally to fix a race. The next suspect is a seven-foot giant who tries to strangle Gunn. After being rescued by Lt. Jacoby, Gunn visits TV exercise personality Jack LaLanne who identifies the tall man as the ""Great Gorza.""

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Episode 8: Tramp Steamer
1960-11-21

The Rico brothers' testimony was responsible for Matt Poliska's deportation, and when Dave Rico is shot, his dying word is Poliska. But Poliska's not supposted to be in the country.

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Episode 9: The Long Green Kill
1960-11-28

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Episode 10: Take Five for Murder
1960-12-05

Gunn is hired by the manager of teen idol Bobby Jeeter to payoff a blackmailer and find out who is doing the blackmailing.

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Episode 11: Big Dream, Deadly Dream
1960-12-12

Detective Eddie Sellers comes clost to solving a two-million dollar robbery and pays with his life. His brother Cal, also a detective, is afraid he's next.

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Episode 12: Sepi
1960-12-19

A young boy tells Gunn that he saw his father beaten up during the night. But when Gunn calls the police, Sepi disappears.

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Episode 13: A Tender Touch
1960-12-26

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Episode 14: Royal Roust
1961-01-02

A royal visitor, King Felix, is visiting the city and it's Jacoby's job to escort him through the city jail.

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Episode 15: Bullet in Escrow
1961-01-09

Ed Stone is released from prison, met by a friend who gives him a gun and makes a call to Peter Gunn.

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Episode 16: Jacoby's Vacation
1961-01-16

Jacoby tells Gunn that he's going on vacation to some nice quiet place. Gunn tells Jacoby he's got just the place.

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Episode 17: Blind Item
1961-01-23

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Episode 18: Death Is a Sore Loser
1961-01-30

A janitor and his wife see Police Sergeant Lee Davis enter their building and minutes later they hear two shots. They rush to the scene to find Sergeant Davis holding a gun over the body of a dead derelict.

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Episode 19: I Know It's Murder
1961-02-13

Kevin Daniels asks Gunn to prevent the murder of his mother.

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Episode 20: A Kill and a Half
1961-02-20

It's ""trick or treat"" night, and Arthur Merrill answers the door to a big surprise.

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Episode 21: Than a Serpent's Tooth
1961-02-27

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Episode 22: The Deep End
1961-03-06

Susan Neilson swims out to the deep end of her pool and drowns. Her swimming instructor, Phil Matterson, left her alone, poured himself a drink and ignored her cries for help.

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Episode 23: Portrait in Leather
1961-03-13

While ex-heavyweight champ Billy Cochrane is training for a comeback, an attempt is made on his life.

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Episode 24: Come Dance with Me and Die
1961-03-20

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Episode 25: Cry Love, Cry Murder
1961-03-27

The gun used in a murder of a gangster is found in the possesion of a teenager.

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Episode 26: A Penny Saved
1961-04-03

Ballet dancer Nico Belurin escapes from a home for the mentally ill.

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Episode 27: Short Motive
1961-04-10

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Episode 28: The Murder Bond
1961-04-24

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Episode 29: The Most Deadly Angel
1961-05-01

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Episode 30: Till Death Do Us Part
1961-05-08

Edward Candell is scheduled to die for the murder of his wife Leona. Tommy McDonald is surprised to hear the verdict - he just saw Leona.

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Episode 31: Last Resort
1961-05-15

Clinton Hobart, former movie great, is trying to make a comeback. But hard-driving young producer Les Murdock isn't making matters any easier for the old fellow.

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Episode 32: A Matter of Policy
1961-05-22

Gunman Frank Dineen never objected to killing people for money. This time, however he's going to do a job for himself.

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Episode 33: A Bullet for the Boy
1961-05-29

Gambling man Paul Mitchell and the son of an American diplomat in Acapulco, is show and wounded while leaving his home.

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Episode 34: Death Is a Four Letter Word
1961-06-05

Lisa Randolph's well-groomed appearance belies the turmoil of her emotions - as Gunn discovers when he is asked to prevent her from committing suicide.

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Episode 35: Deadly Intrusion
1961-06-12

Golf instructor Gil Manson is accused by the police of being a hit and run driver. Manson insists he was giving a golf lesson at the time of the accident, but his pupil has mysteriously disappeared.

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Episode 36: Voodoo
1961-06-19

Abel Gunther a small-time Haitian sugar-cane grower, blames the death of his wife on the spirit world. He has a more praticial explanation for another of his worries - his cane fields have been leveled by fire.

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Episode 37: Down the Drain
1961-06-26

A man named Paul Condon calls the police and tells them where a cache of stolen jewels can be found. But before any more information can be passed on - Condon is shot down.

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Episode 38: Murder on the Line
1961-09-18

Cesar Carlyle, a very rich man, hires Gunn to find certain documents which, if made public, could ruin him. Seems the papers were stolen and the theif wants a good deal of money for their return.

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