Peter Gunn (1958)
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.
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Episode 1 - The Kill
Release Date: 1958-09-22When 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
Release Date: 1958-09-29A 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
Release Date: 1958-10-06A 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
Release Date: 1958-10-13A "blind" pianist witnesses a murder and, to protect his secret, hires Pete to find the killer.
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Episode 5 - The Frog
Release Date: 1958-10-20Pete 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
Release Date: 1958-10-27Pete 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
Release Date: 1958-11-03Singer 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
Release Date: 1958-11-10A 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
Release Date: 1958-11-17Nightclub 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
Release Date: 1958-11-24Roy 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
Release Date: 1958-12-01Ten 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
Release Date: 1958-12-08A man is burnt to death. His widow hires Peter Gunn to find out who killed him.
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Episode 13 - The Jockey
Release Date: 1958-12-15Billy 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
Release Date: 1958-12-22A 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
Release Date: 1958-12-29An 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
Release Date: 1959-01-05A 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
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Episode 18 - The Missing Night Watchman
Release Date: 1959-01-26A 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
Release Date: 1959-02-02Peter 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
Release Date: 1959-02-09There'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
Release Date: 1959-02-16A 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
Release Date: 1959-02-23Edie is having her apartment renovated and during the renovations she uncovers a body.
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Episode 23 - The Dirty Word
Release Date: 1959-03-02After her husband is murdered, Louise Sinclair hits the bottle and her husbands lawyer consoles her.
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Episode 24 - The Ugly Frame
Release Date: 1959-03-09Lt. Jacoby tries to nail Quoit on a murder charge but is foiled by misinformation.
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Episode 25 - The Lederer Story
Release Date: 1959-03-16Mr. 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
Release Date: 1959-03-23Peter Gunn poses as a professional bowler to investigate a case of blackmail and murder.
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Episode 27 - Breakout
Release Date: 1959-03-30An 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
Release Date: 1959-04-06After 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
Release Date: 1959-04-13Wealthy 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
Release Date: 1959-04-20Model 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
Release Date: 1959-04-27Three 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
Release Date: 1959-05-04B.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
Release Date: 1959-05-11Fan 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
Release Date: 1959-05-18An 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
Release Date: 1959-05-25Wealthy 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
Release Date: 1959-06-01Somebody 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
Release Date: 1959-06-08Gunn 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
Release Date: 1959-06-15An unfaithful wife is dismayed that after her lovers death a portrait of her goes missing, she hires Gunn to retrieve the painting.