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77 Sunset Strip Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
36 Episodes 1962 - 1963
Episode 1
The Reluctant Spy
Fri, Oct 12, 196260 mins
Stu travels to Vienna to investigate the "accidental" death of a man in whose effects his widow found a profoundly disturbing letter.
Episode 2
Leap, My Lovely
Fri, Oct 19, 196260 mins
Jeff is hired after movie star Nita Maran is hypnotized by bit player Ferini. The ex-con is threatens to shut down an expensive film unless he's paid a small fortune. Jeff and his colleagues must locate the blackmailer plus protect Nita from harm.
Episode 3
Terror in a Small Town
Fri, Oct 26, 196260 mins
Kookie and Jeff pretend to accuse each other of treachery and shoot it out in the office at 77, but it's just a prank on J.R. That night, en route to a case in a remote California town, Kookie is attacked by a hitchhiker he unwisely picked up. The rapist hijacks Kookie's wheels and gun, and makes him switch clothes, so the sheriff has good reason to suspect the young PI. Kookie is mistakenly arrested for assault (really a euphemism for attempted rape). After insisting on his right to a phone call (the small town yokels don't seem aware of the right to a phone call), the first of which fails to go through, he then calls J.R., who is throwing a wild party. J.R. thinks he is being (what we now call) "punked" yet again. J.R. tells the sheriff to "lock him [Kookie] up and throw away the key". The sheriff then allows Kookie to see his accuser but the traumatized woman mistakenly claims Kookie IS the man who attacked her in the dark. The townsfolk, led by the woman's husband, are increasingly inflamed. Kookie may not even make it to trial, in a plot very similar to that of the Spencer Tracy-Sylvia Sidney classic Fury (1936) including the well-acted role of the conflicted and very morally ambiguous sheriff.
Episode 4
The Raiders
Fri, Nov 2, 196260 mins
Stu Bailey goes undercover to help a small town chief of police nail the kingpin of a gambling syndicate.
Episode 5
The Floating Man
Fri, Nov 9, 196260 mins
Finding the person who threatened Judge Mellon proves no easy task for Spencer. Suspects range from vengeful con men to the judge's wife.
Episode 6
The Catspaw Caper
Fri, Nov 16, 196260 mins
A young woman who escaped from Communist Hungary asks Stu to help her find her mother, a refugee whom the Communists want badly.
Episode 7
Wolf! Cried the Blonde
Fri, Nov 23, 196260 mins
Jeff is reluctant to get involved with publicity seeking starlet Dagne. After JR rescues her during a shooting, her rich fiance Warren demands protection. Her inconvenient first husband Opie appears from Oklahoma to stir things up.
Episode 8
The Dark Wood
Fri, Nov 30, 196260 mins
Stu and JR are mountain fishing when Stu checks on friend Willa who is recently widowed. Daughter Netsie insists her father was murdered. The detectives stick around to learn more about the locals with Tuffy around when things go wrong.
Episode 9
Shadow on Your Shoulder
Fri, Dec 7, 196260 mins
Stu Bailey works with law enforcement to catch a trio of sophisticated thieves who use a unique lethal nerve agent (whose effects range from serious to potentially lethal) to rob unsuspecting victims.
Episode 10
Adventure in San Dede
Fri, Dec 14, 196260 mins
Jeff and J.R. are hired to work on a case for Latin American clients.
Episode 11
The Odds on Odette
Fri, Dec 21, 196260 mins
Jeff is hired by an astrologer, who is receiving threatening phone calls, with unexpected results.
Episode 12
The Snow Job Caper
Fri, Dec 28, 196260 mins
Jeff and an insurance adjuster try to find a lost truck shipment.
Episode 13
Falling Stars
Fri, Jan 4, 196360 mins
Stu investigates a suicide and a murder, and several attempts on the life of a TV comic that may be just publicity stunts, but could also be the real thing.
Episode 14
The Tarnished Idol
Fri, Jan 11, 196360 mins
Jeff has his office girl Suzanne get in good with a brother and sister he believes are hotel swindlers. However, things get complicated when Suzanne falls in love with the brother.
Episode 15
Scream Softly, Dear
Fri, Jan 18, 196360 mins
Kookie investigates a complicated murder, that began with a borrowed car.
Episode 16
Terror in Silence
Fri, Jan 25, 196360 mins
Stu helps a deaf librarian, who "hears" a death threat in the library.
Episode 17
Crash Out!
Fri, Feb 1, 196360 mins
Jeff and Roscoe go undercover in prison as inmates and plan an escape with an inmate who they believe can lead them to $500,000 in stolen money.
Episode 18
The Night Was Six Years Long
Fri, Feb 8, 196360 mins
The agency's old secretary returns with amnesia, after six years away from the office.
Episode 19
Six Feet Under
Fri, Feb 15, 196360 mins
Jeff begins to suspect that a mob boss who was supposedly killed in a car accident is in fact not only alive, but the brains behind a rash of jewel and fur thefts.
Episode 20
Escape to Freedom
Fri, Feb 22, 196360 mins
Stu must save a scientist's son, who is being held hostage to manipulate her.
Episode 21
Dial 'S' for Spencer
Fri, Mar 1, 196360 mins
A woman fears that her brother will be unable to collect his inheritance.
Episode 22
Nine to Five
Fri, Mar 8, 196360 mins
Bailey's old friend from New York has two problems, one with his business, the other with his marriage.
Episode 23
Stranger from the Sea
Fri, Mar 15, 196360 mins
When a Japanese buddy shows up and finds that his uncle is missing along with $50K, Kookie pitches in to help solve the mystery.
Episode 24
The Man Who Wasn't There
Fri, Mar 22, 196360 mins
Jeff is hired by a man who claims that his wife and doctor put him under psychiatric care when he said he saw an old army buddy who was known to have been killed in the Korean War.
Episode 25
Flight 307
Fri, Mar 29, 196360 mins
Stu's flight to Hawaii is delayed by chaos: a murder, a fleeing thief, and a love triangle.
Episode 26
Target Island
Fri, Apr 5, 196360 mins
J.R. tries to find his date's missing brother, who is a sailor; Jeff finds the brother on an island used by the Navy for target practice.
Episode 27
Reunion at Balboa
Fri, Apr 12, 196360 mins
When J.R. and Kookie go to the beach on an assignment, the girl they are watching is injured when her car is being stolen by two boys.
Episode 28
Walk Among Tigers
Fri, Apr 19, 196360 mins
Stu uncovers a trap, when he searches a train crash for a client's belongings.
Episode 29
The Left Field Caper
Fri, Apr 26, 196360 mins
An unhappy Little League baseball player is the key to a murder.
Episode 30
The Heartbeat Caper
Fri, May 3, 196360 mins
Stu is giving a lecture at a college, and is asked to investigate the murders of two friends of a brilliant criminologist who has shown that he can beat lie detectors.
Episode 31
To Catch a Mink
Fri, May 10, 196360 mins
Things go wrong at a charity auction; Stu meets an old flame, who robs the event.
Episode 32
Lady in the Sun
Fri, May 17, 196360 mins
Stu pursues a lady thief who stole a realtor's books, but she is dangerous.
Episode 33
Our Man in Switzerland
Fri, May 24, 196360 mins
Stu chases some international crooks, who stole $1 million in securities from the agency, to Switzerland.
Episode 34
Your Fortune for a Penny
Fri, May 31, 196360 mins
Stu tangles with a blonde while tracking down a cold case.
Episode 35
The Checkmate Caper
Fri, Jun 7, 196360 mins
Stu finds himself in the middle of a fake robbery for the heir to a criminal family.
Episode 36
Never to Have Loved
Fri, Jun 14, 196360 mins
A talent agent hires Stu and Kookie to protect a client from a very charismatic and domineering director.