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Peter Gunn

6.6/10 26 votes
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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.

Created by:
Blake Edwards
Cast:
Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Minerva Urecal
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
NBC

Episode guide

Seasons

3 available

Season 2

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 6.0

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

★ 7.0

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

★ 6.0

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

★ 7.0

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

★ 8.0

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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Cast

Craig Stevens

Craig Stevens

Peter Gunn

Lola Albright

Lola Albright

Edie Hart

Herschel Bernardi

Herschel Bernardi

Lieutenant Jacoby

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Mother

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