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Peter Gunn

  • TV-PG
  • 1958–1961
  • 3 seasons
  • Crime, Drama
  • 6.6

Pete to his friends, Gunn to his enemies.

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.

Episodes

38 episodes
  1. 1The Passenger

    Oct 3, 1960

    A sleepy passenger on a late night bus witnesses a man in a second story apartment strangling a woman. When a police investigation finds nothing,the man hires Gunn to find the killer-before the killer finds him.

  2. 2Mask of Murder

    Oct 10, 1960

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

  3. 3The Maitre D'

    Oct 17, 1960

    A gourmand gangster blows up his rival and a gourmet restaurant at the same time. The restaurant's cordon bleu owner helps Edie open her own supper club ("Edie's") and in return Gunn teams up with him to bring the mobster to justice.

  4. 4The Candidate

    Oct 24, 1960

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

  5. 5The Judgment

    Oct 31, 1960

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

  6. 6The Death Frame

    Nov 7, 1960

    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.

  7. 7Death Across the Board

    Nov 14, 1960

    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.""

  8. 8Tramp Steamer

    Nov 21, 1960

    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.

  9. 9The Long Green Kill

    Nov 28, 1960

    A convicted man being escorted to prison via the train is freed by a confederate. The man's wife contacts Gunn to hire him to recapture her husband. Due to him believing she tipped the police and caused his arrest, she fears her husband will kill her.

  10. 10Take Five for Murder

    Dec 5, 1960

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

  11. 11Big Dream, Deadly Dream

    Dec 12, 1960

    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.

  12. 12Sepi

    Dec 19, 1960

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

  13. 13A Tender Touch

    Dec 26, 1960

    An eccentric employee executes a plan to make his bank employer institute a pension plan. He steals the cash in the vault and won't return it until they agree. But a mobster reads of the story and decides to kidnap him and take his money.

  14. 14Royal Roust

    Jan 2, 1961

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

  15. 15Bullet in Escrow

    Jan 9, 1961

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

  16. 16Jacoby's Vacation

    Jan 16, 1961

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

  17. 17Blind Item

    Jan 23, 1961

    A newspaper gossip column item leads to a noted author hiring Gunn to investigate his wife. But the author is murdered, so Gunn seeks to find the killer and starts by investigating the wife. Turns out she has more than one man in her life.

  18. 18Death Is a Sore Loser

    Jan 30, 1961

    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.

  19. 19I Know It's Murder

    Feb 13, 1961

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

  20. 20A Kill and a Half

    Feb 20, 1961

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

  21. 21Than a Serpent's Tooth

    Feb 27, 1961

    A singer, who fifteen years before was found Not Guilty in the questionable shooting death of her gangster husband, hires Gunn to help with a blackmailer. Her psychiatrist was robbed of tapes made during analysis revealing the real story.

  22. 22The Deep End

    30 minMar 6, 1961

    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.

  23. 23Portrait in Leather

    30 minMar 13, 1961

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

  24. 24Come Dance with Me and Die

    Mar 20, 1961

    A cab driver saves a woman from a beating and from being forced into a car by two thugs. Afterwards, she disappears while he goes for help. The cabby tells his friend Gunn about what happened and this leads into the search for a girl who is "trying to get lost". She is a witness against a top hood and is on his hit list.

  25. 25Cry Love, Cry Murder

    Mar 27, 1961

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

  26. 26A Penny Saved

    Apr 3, 1961

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

  27. 27Short Motive

    Apr 10, 1961

    A racketeer is beaten to death and a woman hires Gunn to find out if her old flame, a Korean War hero, was responsible. Lt. Jacobi knows the man, who has been an out-patient for being manic-depressive for years. Meanwhile, a fellow mobster is worried he may be blamed for the kill and wants to force Gunn to clear his name.

  28. 28The Murder Bond

    Apr 24, 1961

    The biggest Racket Man in town is out on bail and "blows up". Or did he? The hood's bondsman out $100,000 hires Gunn to find out. A derelict who disappeared with a $90,000 winning Irish Sweepstakes ticket may figure in the case.

  29. 29The Most Deadly Angel

    May 1, 1961

    An unhinged female admirer of Gunn kills to prove it. First is a hood who threatened Gunn. Next is his lowlife brother. Gunn must prove he's not the killer and find out who's next before the hood brothers' father takes revenge.

  30. 30Till Death Do Us Part

    May 8, 1961

    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.

  31. 31Last Resort

    May 15, 1961

    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.

  32. 32A Matter of Policy

    May 22, 1961

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

  33. 33A Bullet for the Boy

    May 29, 1961

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

  34. 34Death Is a Four Letter Word

    Jun 5, 1961

    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.

  35. 35Deadly Intrusion

    Jun 12, 1961

    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.

  36. 36Voodoo

    Jun 19, 1961

    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.

  37. 37Down the Drain

    Jun 26, 1961

    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.

  38. 38Murder on the Line

    Sep 18, 1961

    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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Series cast

Craig StevensPeter Gunn114 episodes
Lola AlbrightEdie Hart114 episodes
Herschel BernardiLieutenant Jacoby114 episodes
Minerva UrecalMother76 episodes
Hope EmersonMother38 episodes
Billy Barty7 episodes
Ned Glass5 episodes
Dick Crockett5 episodes
Henry Corden4 episodes
Robert Gist3 episodes
Vito Scotti3 episodes
Stanley Adams3 episodes
Barbara Stuart3 episodes
Sam Edwards3 episodes
Roy Jenson3 episodes
Howard McNear3 episodes
J. Pat O'Malley3 episodes
Clegg Hoyt3 episodes

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