Peter Gunn

1. The Kill

Air Date: 1958-09-22

When 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.

2. Streetcar Jones

Air Date: 1958-09-29

A 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.

3. The Vicious Dog

Air Date: 1958-10-06

A newspaper reporter writing an expose of a crime boss is attacked by a dog. Pete is called in to investigate.

4. The Blind Pianist

Air Date: 1958-10-13

A "blind" pianist witnesses a murder and, to protect his secret, hires Pete to find the killer.

5. The Frog

Air Date: 1958-10-20

Pete is called by a gangster's leg man who is then murdered. Pete becomes involved in a search for incriminating evidence.

6. The Chinese Hangman

Air Date: 1958-10-27

Pete is asked by a religious cult leader to find a missing girl and the money she had access to.

7. Lynn's Blues

Air Date: 1958-11-03

Singer 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.

8. Rough Buck

Air Date: 1958-11-10

A 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.

9. Image of Sally

Air Date: 1958-11-17

Nightclub singer Sally Hall is caught between two crime bosses who intend to have her at all costs.

10. The Man with the Scar

Air Date: 1958-11-24

Roy 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.

11. Death House Testament

Air Date: 1958-12-01

Ten 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.

12. The Torch

Air Date: 1958-12-08

A man is burnt to death. His widow hires Peter Gunn to find out who killed him.

13. The Jockey

Air Date: 1958-12-15

Billy Arnet's girlfriend falls through a skylight, to her death. Peter Gunn is hired prove it was not an accident but murder.

14. Sisters Of The Friendless

Air Date: 1958-12-22

A young man is accused of murder, and the only witnesses for the defense are two nuns who are unable to leave their convent.

15. The Leaper

Air Date: 1958-12-29

An 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.

16. The Fuse

Air Date: 1959-01-05

A 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.

17. Let's Kill Timothy

Air Date: 1959-01-19

18. The Missing Night Watchman

Air Date: 1959-01-26

A 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.

19. Murder On The Midway

Air Date: 1959-02-02

Peter 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.

20. Pecos Pete

Air Date: 1959-02-09

There'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.

21. Scuba

Air Date: 1959-02-16

A 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.

22. Edie Finds a Corpse

Air Date: 1959-02-23

Edie is having her apartment renovated and during the renovations she uncovers a body.

23. The Dirty Word

Air Date: 1959-03-02

After her husband is murdered, Louise Sinclair hits the bottle and her husbands lawyer consoles her.

24. The Ugly Frame

Air Date: 1959-03-09

Lt. Jacoby tries to nail Quoit on a murder charge but is foiled by misinformation.

25. The Lederer Story

Air Date: 1959-03-16

Mr. Lederer falls overboard on his yacht at night, and soon after his wife is poisoned, Gunn investigates.

26. Keep Smiling

Air Date: 1959-03-23

Peter Gunn poses as a professional bowler to investigate a case of blackmail and murder.

27. Breakout

Air Date: 1959-03-30

An 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.

28. Pay Now, Kill Later

Air Date: 1959-04-06

After serving 14 years for a crime he did not commit, Spain decides to commit the crime he was sentenced and already served time for.

29. Skin Deep

Air Date: 1959-04-13

Wealthy 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.

30. February Girl

Air Date: 1959-04-20

Model June Holton witnesses the murder of a photographer, only problem is she wasn't wearing her glasses and can't identify him.

31. Love Me to Death

Air Date: 1959-04-27

Three 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.

32. The Family Affair

Air Date: 1959-05-04

B.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.

33. Lady Wind, Bells Fan

Air Date: 1959-05-11

Fan Dancer, Darling Lillian of The Green Dragon is given a special fan one that holds the key to the past.

34. Bullet for a Badge

Air Date: 1959-05-18

An attempt on Lt. Jacoby is made when he receives a mysterious phone call and set up for a bullet.

35. Kill from Nowhere

Air Date: 1959-05-25

Wealthy invalid Louise Reardon has an attempt made on her life and Gunn is hired to find her Aide, Scully.

36. Vendetta

Air Date: 1959-06-01

Somebody shoots Edie in an attempt to get to Gunn. Jacoby still in the hospital gives Pete a clue as to who is seeking revenge.

37. The Coffin

Air Date: 1959-06-08

Gunn 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.

38. The Portrait

Air Date: 1959-06-15

An unfaithful wife is dismayed that after her lovers death a portrait of her goes missing, she hires Gunn to retrieve the painting.

1. Protection

Air Date: 1959-09-21

Two 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.

2. Crisscross

Air Date: 1959-09-28

Bank Manager Poole places smoke bombs throughout the bank and then cleans out the bank.

3. Edge of the Knife

Air Date: 1959-10-05

A 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.

4. The Comic

Air Date: 1959-10-12

Convinced that his wife is trying to kill him, comedian Danny Holland comes to Peter Gunn for help.

5. Death Is a Red Rose

Air Date: 1959-10-19

John 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.

6. The Young Assassins

Air Date: 1959-10-26

Charlie 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.

7. The Feathered Doll

Air Date: 1959-11-02

Plainsclothes 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.

8. Kidnap

Air Date: 1959-11-16

Lt. Jacoby is kidnapped, Pete goes looking for him and finds suspects at every turn.

9. The Rifle

Air Date: 1959-11-23

Janos Kolanski, an inventor goes to Pete for help. Apparently there is a faction after his plans, his invention a deadly rifle.

10. The Game

Air Date: 1959-11-30

Some 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.

11. The Price Is Murder

Air Date: 1959-12-07

Two escaped convicts go after Peter Gunn, and the best way to do that is get his girl first.

12. The Briefcase

Air Date: 1959-12-14

Matthew 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.

13. Terror on the Campus

Air Date: 1959-12-21

Dean 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.

14. The Wolfe Case

Air Date: 1959-12-28

Nancy 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.

15. Hot Money

Air Date: 1960-01-04

Willie 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.

16. Spell of Murder

Air Date: 1960-01-11

An 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.

17. The Grudge

Air Date: 1960-01-18

An escapee from a mental hospital gives the Mayor an ultimatum, either commit suicide or a bomb will be detonated at the Civic Centre.

18. Fill the Cup

Air Date: 1960-01-25

Getty 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.

19. See No Evil

Air Date: 1960-02-01

Cliffy, 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.

20. Sentenced

Air Date: 1960-02-08

Gunn is "Sentenced" to death for the murder of a clerk, but he escapes jail.

21. The Hunt

Air Date: 1960-02-15

Two-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.

22. Hollywood Calling

Air Date: 1960-02-29

Actor 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.

23. Sing a Song of Murder

Air Date: 1960-03-07

Arnie Kelton musician and ex-convict, asks Gunn to investigate his wife's death.

24. The Long, Long Ride

Air Date: 1960-03-14

Someone 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.

25. The Deadly Proposition

Air Date: 1960-03-21

Employee 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.

26. The Murder Clause

Air Date: 1960-03-28

Pete is hired by trumpet player Bud Bailey's wife, she is accusing him of wanting to kill her for the insurance money.

27. The Dummy

Air Date: 1960-04-04

Ventriloquist 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.

28. Slight Touch of Homicide

Air Date: 1960-04-11

A 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.

29. Wings of an Angel

Air Date: 1960-04-18

Charlie 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.

30. Death Watch

Air Date: 1960-04-25

Paul 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.

31. Witness in the Window

Air Date: 1960-05-02

Pete 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.

32. The Best Laid Plans

Air Date: 1960-05-09

There 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.

33. Send a Thief

Air Date: 1960-05-16

A 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.

34. The Semi-Private Eye

Air Date: 1960-05-23

Eric 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.

35. Letter of the Law

Air Date: 1960-05-30

Nightclub 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.

36. The Crossbow

Air Date: 1960-06-06

Gunn is hired by Mr. Copeland to find out who stole his antique crossbow and is using it to murder people.

37. The Heiress

Air Date: 1960-06-13

Walter 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.

38. Baby Shoes

Air Date: 1960-06-27

A 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.

1. The Passenger

Air Date: 1960-10-03

2. Mask of Murder

Air Date: 1960-10-10

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

3. The Maitre D'

Air Date: 1960-10-17

4. The Candidate

Air Date: 1960-10-24

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

5. The Judgment

Air Date: 1960-10-31

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

6. The Death Frame

Air Date: 1960-11-07

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. Death Across the Board

Air Date: 1960-11-14

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. Tramp Steamer

Air Date: 1960-11-21

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. The Long Green Kill

Air Date: 1960-11-28

10. Take Five for Murder

Air Date: 1960-12-05

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

11. Big Dream, Deadly Dream

Air Date: 1960-12-12

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. Sepi

Air Date: 1960-12-19

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

13. A Tender Touch

Air Date: 1960-12-26

14. Royal Roust

Air Date: 1961-01-02

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

15. Bullet in Escrow

Air Date: 1961-01-09

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

16. Jacoby's Vacation

Air Date: 1961-01-16

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

17. Blind Item

Air Date: 1961-01-23

18. Death Is a Sore Loser

Air Date: 1961-01-30

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. I Know It's Murder

Air Date: 1961-02-13

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

20. A Kill and a Half

Air Date: 1961-02-20

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

21. Than a Serpent's Tooth

Air Date: 1961-02-27

22. The Deep End

Air Date: 1961-03-06

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. Portrait in Leather

Air Date: 1961-03-13

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

24. Come Dance with Me and Die

Air Date: 1961-03-20

25. Cry Love, Cry Murder

Air Date: 1961-03-27

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

26. A Penny Saved

Air Date: 1961-04-03

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

27. Short Motive

Air Date: 1961-04-10

28. The Murder Bond

Air Date: 1961-04-24

29. The Most Deadly Angel

Air Date: 1961-05-01

30. Till Death Do Us Part

Air Date: 1961-05-08

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. Last Resort

Air Date: 1961-05-15

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. A Matter of Policy

Air Date: 1961-05-22

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

33. A Bullet for the Boy

Air Date: 1961-05-29

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

34. Death Is a Four Letter Word

Air Date: 1961-06-05

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. Deadly Intrusion

Air Date: 1961-06-12

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. Voodoo

Air Date: 1961-06-19

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. Down the Drain

Air Date: 1961-06-26

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. Murder on the Line

Air Date: 1961-09-18

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.