Peter Gunn
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. He got his tips and cautions from Lieutenant Jacoby, a coffee drinking pal from the police. Also providing tips was "Mother" of her self-titled nightclub. Working at the nightclub as a singer was Edie Hart, his girlfriend.
- 1958-1961
- 3 seasons
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
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. He got his tips and cautions from Lieutenant Jacoby, a coffee drinking pal from the police. Also providing tips was "Mother" of her self-titled nightclub. Working at the nightclub as a singer was Edie Hart, his girlfriend.
Season 3 Episode Guide
38 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
The Passenger
Mon, Oct 3, 1960 30 mins
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.
Episode 2
Mask of Murder
Mon, Oct 10, 1960 30 mins
Gunn is called late at night by a man who tells him:"hurry, come to my house. There is going to be a murder-mine". As Gunn arrives there is a gunshot and he and the man's wife find her husband dead, an apparent suicide. However the wife is suspicious and hires Gunn to follow a suspect-all the way to Rio de Janiero.
Episode 3
The Maître d'
Mon, Oct 17, 1960 30 mins
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.
Episode 4
The Candidate
Mon, Oct 24, 1960 30 mins
A dying millionaire hires Gunn to deliver a large donation to an oddball candidate for governor. The candidate can't hold onto the donations he already has-Gunn and Jacoby help him when his campaign manager is assassinated.
Episode 5
The Judgement
Mon, Oct 31, 1960 25 mins
A prisoner brought to court for sentencing somehow has gotten a gun and kills the judge before being killed himself.Lt. Jacoby is assigned to investigate the case and his interested friend Peter Gunn helps by using his network of informants.
Episode 6
The Death Frame
Mon, Nov 7, 1960 30 mins
Fearing he will be next,a theft-gang boss tries to hire Gunn to find out who is killing off his men. Peter Gunn turns him down but is framed for the man's eventual murder. Lt. Jacoby and Gunn have one essential clue to the real killer-he has a punch like a sledgehammer.
Episode 7
Death Across the Board
Mon, Nov 14, 1960 25 mins
A race horse owner hires Gunn to find out who murdered his longtime trainer. The main suspect, a horse-race fixer,wants to hire Peter Gunn too-to prove he didn't do it. Meanwhile, one of Gunn's "sleazy acquaintances" furnishes leads to other suspects including an ex-circus strongman and a crippled jockey.
Episode 8
Tramp Steamer
Mon, Nov 21, 1960 25 mins
When an ex-racketeer is murdered,his brother asks Gunn to protect him before he's next.Peter Gunn arrives too late but before dying the man identifies a deported mobster as being the killer.Tipped as to where the mobster's old girlfriend is working,Gunn starts the manhunt.
Episode 9
The Long Green Kill
Mon, Nov 28, 1960 25 mins
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.
Episode 10
Take Five for Murder
Mon, Dec 5, 1960 26 mins
A young singing sensation is in town performing at a local nightclub. The manager of the singer hires Gunn, a WWII buddy of his, to deal with a blackmailer who knows about the "youthful indiscretions" of his client. The coinciding attack on the club's Hatcheck Girl leads to the solution.
Episode 11
Dream Big, Dream Deadly
Mon, Dec 12, 1960 25 mins
Gunn is asked by an old-time, fellow private eye to find out who killed his partner-before he is next. The murdered detective had been investigating a three-year-old,unsolved $500,000 bank truck heist. Lt. Jacoby suspects a polished hood but has no proof.
Episode 12
Sepi
Mon, Dec 19, 1960 25 mins
A young boy "pays" Gunn to protect his father from unknown men who beat him up. After Gunn starts to investigate,the boy denies needing help and when the father is found he denies having a son. The key to the case lies with the boy's "Aunt and Uncle".
Episode 13
A Tender Touch
Mon, Dec 26, 1960 25 mins
An eccentric employee hatches a plan to force the bank he works at to institute a pension plan-he steals all the cash in the vault and won't return it until they agree. Meanwhile, a local mobster reads about the story and decides to kidnap the man and take the money for himself.
Episode 14
The Royal Roust
Mon, Jan 2, 1961 25 mins
After one of three bank robbers in a $200,000 heist is captured, Lt. Jacoby and the station police are distracted by a visiting dignitary and the prisoner escapes. Gunn is asked to use his "friends" to find a lead to the missing man. When found, the plan is to follow him to his two associates-and the money.
Episode 15
Bullet in Escrow
Mon, Jan 9, 1961 25 mins
A hard-case named Ed Stone, whom Peter Gunn helped send to prison, is paroled. Stone immediately calls Gunn and lets him know he's "on his way and you have very little time to live". Ignoring Lt. Jacoby's suggestion to leave town, Gunn has a scheme to fight it out on his own.
Episode 16
Jacoby's Vacation
Mon, Jan 16, 1961 30 mins
A man hires Gunn to find his brother,who mentioned in his most recent letter being in an obscure South American country.Lt. Jacoby is treated to a "vacation" by Gunn and goes along to look for the man.They find the natives are not hospitable nor the vacation very restful.
Episode 17
Blind Item
Mon, Jan 23, 1961 30 mins
A newspaper gossip column item leads to a noted author hiring Gunn to look into the possibility that his wife is having an affair. Before he can get started on the case, the author is murdered and Gunn decides to find the killer. He begins by investigating the wife - who has more than one man in her life.
Episode 18
Death Is a Sore Loser
Mon, Jan 30, 1961 25 mins
Sgt. Davis is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed derelict. Lt. Jacoby asks Gunn to help investigate the case and clear Davis. Davis claims he has been framed, possibly by an important hood he recently helped convict of mugging and murder.
Episode 19
I Know It's Murder
Mon, Feb 13, 1961 25 mins
A now wealthy ex-showgirl girlfriend of Edie has a son who asks Gunn to look into the background of his mother's new husband.The boy has uncanny ESP and "knows" his mother will be murdered.Nonetheless,Gunn is skeptical-until the new "father" has the boy put in an asylum.
Episode 20
A Kill and a Half
Mon, Feb 20, 1961 25 mins
The wife of an old friend asks Gunn to find her missing husband. The police are seeking him out as he is a suspect in the Hallowe'en murder by a phony trick-or-treater of a witness against a top mobster. He used to work for the hood and Jacoby suspects there is still a connection.
Episode 21
Than a Serpent's Tooth
Mon, Feb 27, 1961 30 mins
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 has been robbed of tapes made during analysis which detail the incident and which will reveal the true story.
Episode 22
The Deep End
Mon, Mar 6, 1961 25 mins
A swimming Instructor stands idly by while a female pupil drowns. He hires Gunn to find out why. The man cannot understand exactly what happened and what his actions were but he's about to be charged with Manslaughter by the D.A.. Gunn is somewhat cynical but agrees to investigate the seemingly open-and-shut case.
Episode 23
Portrait in Leather
Mon, Mar 13, 1961 25 mins
A boxer on the comeback trail has an assassination attempt made on his life. Gunn becomes involved when a pickpocket friend of his "finds" a clue to the plot. As Gunn noses around he finds that the boxers' ex-wife, Manager and owner among others may have been involved in the incident.
Episode 24
Come Dance with Me and Die
Mon, Mar 20, 1961 30 mins
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.
Episode 25
Cry Love, Cry Murder
Mon, Mar 27, 1961 30 mins
A Mexican immigrant's son is accused of killing a drug dealer. Lt. Jacoby feels the young man had a motive and the opportunity to have committed the crime. Gunn, an old friend of the father,looks into the case. The family business plays a part in the truth of what happened.
Episode 26
A Penny Saved
Mon, Apr 3, 1961 25 mins
A ballet dancer hires Gunn to find her old dancing partner who has recently broken out of a sanitarium. He holds a grudge against her and before being committed he had threatened her life. The girl's new beau, a gangster, vows he will kill the "sick boy" if he finds him before Gunn or the police do.
Episode 27
Short a Motive
Mon, Apr 10, 1961 23 mins
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.
Episode 28
The Murder Bond
Mon, Apr 24, 1961 25 mins
The biggest Racket Man in town is out on bail and "blows up". Or did he? In order to get back the $100,000 he put up as security, the hoods' Bail Bondsman hires Gunn to find out one way or the other. A derelict who disappeared with a $90,000 winning Irish Sweepstakes ticket may figure in the case.
Episode 29
The Most Deadly Angel
Mon, May 1, 1961 30 mins
A mystery woman admirer of Peter Gunn kills to prove it.The first kill is of a newly released from jail hood who swore revenge against Gunn. Then the hood's brother turns up dead. Gunn must prove he's not the killer and try to find out who is -- before the gangster father of the brood comes after him. The woman's interest in personalized artwork helps Gunn track her down.
Episode 30
Till Death Do Us Part
Mon, May 8, 1961
Gunn "gives a little back" and goes to Acapulco, Mexico to look for a woman spotted down there recently by his friend. The woman is supposed to be dead and her husband is currently in the news-he has used up his last appeal and is very shortly to be executed for her murder.
Episode 31
Last Resort
Mon, May 15, 1961 30 mins
As Gunn is leaving Mexico, he is offered a job guarding a fading movie star. Gunn successfully keeps that star from the bottle and on the set. When he is kidnapped Gunn has to find him. He finds that the brother-in-law was behind the plot.
Episode 32
A Matter of Policy
Mon, May 22, 1961 30 mins
About to leave Acapulco, Gunn surprises an intruder in his hotel room and despite the man escaping shoots him. Local police determine the man is a Mob hitman from Gunn's hometown. Later, Jacoby upon hearing the man's name rushes to Acapulco. The hitman is known to be on the trail of a key witness against a top U.S. Mobster.
Episode 33
A Bullet for the Boy
Mon, May 29, 1961 30 mins
Still in Acapulco, due largely in part to Lt. Jacoby's bad sunburn, Gunn is asked by the local police (Lt. Vasquez) to help with the investigation into the near assassination of a U.S. diplomat's son. The emotional problems of the boy, the victims of a car wreck and a debt to a gambler are leads to a possible suspect.
Episode 34
Death Is a Four Letter Word
Mon, Jun 5, 1961 30 mins
Back from Mexico,one of Gunn's "associates" tips him to a "suicidal type" woman. Gunn ends up saving her life and then pursues the case out of curiosity. Finding and saving her a second time, Gunn is shot. Afterward, a punk hood tied to the woman turns up missing and Jacoby investigates the lady.
Episode 35
Deadly Intrusion
Mon, Jun 12, 1961 30 mins
A golf pro, due to marry a socialite, is blamed for a hit-and-run death. He is not guilty but has no verifiable alibi. Gunn is hired and finds the golf pro's auto mechanic is part of a chain connected to a gambler who holds IOU's involving the socialite's brother-who does not approve of his sister's upcoming marriage.
Episode 36
Voodoo
Mon, Jun 19, 1961 30 mins
A dying white man from Haiti comes to the city and hires Gunn to find out why he, his wife and his farm are having trouble. Gunn travels to Haiti to find out if Voodoo is the cause or something more tangible-like the local Sugar King. Due to reluctant local police cooperation, Gunn may be stymied.
Episode 37
Down the Drain
Mon, Jun 26, 1961
An insurance company hires Peter Gunn to determine the ownership of $500,000 worth of jewels, which may have been stolen. They were discovered by the police in the apartment of a murdered man who's wife now has laid claim to them. Oddly, a bookie who cannot be found could figure in the solution of the case.
Episode 38
Murder on the Line
Mon, Sep 18, 1961
In this exciting series finale, Peter Gunn is hired by a reclusive billionaire who is being blackmailed by a pretty girl. She has stolen some important documents from the billionaire. He tells Peter Gunn, "You can name your fee. Just get those documents!"