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Peter Gunn
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
Season 2
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 6.0Protection
1959-09-21Two 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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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.0Crisscross
1959-09-28Bank Manager Poole places smoke bombs throughout the bank and then cleans out the bank.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 6.0Edge of the Knife
1959-10-05A 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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E04
Episode 4
The Comic
1959-10-12Convinced that his wife is trying to kill him, comedian Danny Holland comes to Peter Gunn for help.
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E05
Episode 5
Death Is a Red Rose
1959-10-19John 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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E06
Episode 6
The Young Assassins
1959-10-26Charlie 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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E07
Episode 7
The Feathered Doll
1959-11-02Plainsclothes 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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E08
Episode 8
Kidnap
1959-11-16Lt. Jacoby is kidnapped, Pete goes looking for him and finds suspects at every turn.
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E09
Episode 9
The Rifle
1959-11-23Janos 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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E10
Episode 10
The Game
1959-11-30Some 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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E11
Episode 11
The Price Is Murder
1959-12-07Two escaped convicts go after Peter Gunn, and the best way to do that is get his girl first.
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E12
Episode 12
The Briefcase
1959-12-14Matthew 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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E13
Episode 13
Terror on the Campus
1959-12-21Dean 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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E14
Episode 14
The Wolfe Case
1959-12-28Nancy 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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E15
Episode 15
Hot Money
1960-01-04Willie 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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E16
Episode 16
Spell of Murder
1960-01-11An 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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E17
Episode 17
The Grudge
1960-01-18An 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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E18
Episode 18
Fill the Cup
1960-01-25Getty 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
1960-02-01Cliffy, 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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E20
Episode 20
Sentenced
1960-02-08Gunn is "Sentenced" to death for the murder of a clerk, but he escapes jail.
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E21
Episode 21
The Hunt
1960-02-15Two-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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E22
Episode 22
Hollywood Calling
1960-02-29Actor 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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E23
Episode 23
Sing a Song of Murder
1960-03-07Arnie Kelton musician and ex-convict, asks Gunn to investigate his wife's death.
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Episode 24
★ 7.0The Long, Long Ride
1960-03-14Someone 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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★ 8.0The Deadly Proposition
1960-03-21Employee 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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The Murder Clause
1960-03-28Pete 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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The Dummy
1960-04-04Ventriloquist 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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Slight Touch of Homicide
1960-04-11A 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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Wings of an Angel
1960-04-18Charlie 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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Death Watch
1960-04-25Paul 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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Witness in the Window
1960-05-02Pete 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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The Best Laid Plans
1960-05-09There 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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Send a Thief
1960-05-16A 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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The Semi-Private Eye
1960-05-23Eric 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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Letter of the Law
1960-05-30Nightclub 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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The Crossbow
1960-06-06Gunn is hired by Mr. Copeland to find out who stole his antique crossbow and is using it to murder people.
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The Heiress
1960-06-13Walter 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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Baby Shoes
1960-06-27A 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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Craig Stevens
Peter Gunn
Lola Albright
Edie Hart
Herschel Bernardi
Lieutenant Jacoby
Minerva Urecal
Mother