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The Best Episodes of 77 Sunset Strip

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Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    77 Sunset Strip Season 3 Episode 22 - Once Upon a Caper
    8.7/10(62 votes)

    #1 - Once Upon a Caper

    S3:E22

    Stu, Jeff, and Kookie tell Rex three very different versions of the events that launched the agency.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Roger Smith

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  2. 77 Sunset Strip Season 6 Episode 6 - White Lie
    8.6/10(51 votes)

    #2 - White Lie

    S6:E6

    Stu's search for the owner of some oil-rich land in Oklahoma takes him to Connecticut, and a black man who is passing for white.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 77 Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 8 - The Well-Selected Frame
    8.5/10(72 votes)

    #3 - The Well-Selected Frame

    S1:E8

    Jeff Spencer is hired by a woman to get divorce evidence against her husband, but her real plan is to murder him and frame Jeff for the crime.

    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writers:Gerald Drayson Adams, Charles Hoffman

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  4. 77 Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 11 - One False Step
    8.5/10(88 votes)

    #4 - One False Step

    S1:E11

    Bailey & Spencer are hired by a Washington attorney to protect his wife after a man on a plane trip suggests they swap murders.

    Director:James V. Kern
    Writer:Howard Browne

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  5. 77 Sunset Strip Season 4 Episode 12 - Reserved for Mr. Bailey
    8.5/10(64 votes)

    #5 - Reserved for Mr. Bailey

    S4:E12

    Stu finds himself in a ghost town, plagued by a ghostly voice that promises him a terrible death.

    Director:Montgomery Pittman
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 77 Sunset Strip Season 5 Episode 35 - The Checkmate Caper
    8.5/10(40 votes)

    #6 - The Checkmate Caper

    S5:E35

    Stu ends up holding the bag when he's hired to help fake a robbery for the heir to a criminal family.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 77 Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 7 - All Our Yesterdays
    8.4/10(97 votes)

    #7 - All Our Yesterdays

    S1:E7

    Stu Bailey is hired by the greedy relatives of a silent film star to prove her incompetent so that they can get their hands on the money she is spending to finance a remake of her old hit ""Foolish Girl"".

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 77 Sunset Strip Season 2 Episode 10 - Secret Island
    8.4/10(75 votes)

    #8 - Secret Island

    S2:E10

    Stu Bailey and four other survivors of a plane crash at sea reach an isolated island only to discover that it is the target of an H-bomb test.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 77 Sunset Strip Season 2 Episode 35 - The Silent Caper
    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #9 - The Silent Caper

    S2:E35

    Jeff's attempts to rescue a kidnapped mob witness lead to a lethal game of tag.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Roger Smith

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  10. 77 Sunset Strip Season 5 Episode 15 - Scream Softly, Dear
    8.4/10(44 votes)

    #10 - Scream Softly, Dear

    S5:E15

    A borrowed car with sabotaged brakes leads to murder, and Kookie's quest to find the killer leads him into a tangle of romantic triangles and blackmail.

    Director:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 77 Sunset Strip Season 2 Episode 2 - The Kookie Caper
    8.3/10(75 votes)

    #11 - The Kookie Caper

    S2:E2

    Kookie befriends a pretty teenager who is kidnapped, making him think that she is a runaway heiress and causing Bailey and Spencer to become involved.

    Director:Montgomery Pittman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 77 Sunset Strip Season 2 Episode 14 - Created He Them
    8.3/10(49 votes)

    #12 - Created He Them

    S2:E14

    Stu Bailey is hired by a woman to prove that she is innocent of the mercy killing of her invalid husband.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 77 Sunset Strip Season 3 Episode 1 - Attic
    8.3/10(55 votes)

    #13 - Attic

    S3:E1

    Jeff is caught by the criminals he was tracking to an abandoned farmhouse.

    Director:Montgomery Pittman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. 77 Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 2 - Lovely Lady, Pity Me
    8.2/10(101 votes)

    #14 - Lovely Lady, Pity Me

    S1:E2

    Stu Bailey's infatuation with a beautiful woman leads him into blackmail and suspicion of murder.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. 77 Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 5 - The Bouncing Chip
    8.2/10(74 votes)

    #15 - The Bouncing Chip

    S1:E5

    Stu Bailey is hired to find ot who is passing counterfeit chips in a Las Vegas casino.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. 77 Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 6 - Two and Two Make Six
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    #16 - Two and Two Make Six

    S1:E6

    Jeff Spencer is hired by a fashion designer to protect her ex-con husband, who has evidence that would convict a man engaged in revenge killings.

    Director:James V. Kern
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. 77 Sunset Strip Season 1 Episode 19 - Eyewitness
    8.2/10(68 votes)

    #17 - Eyewitness

    S1:E19

    Stu Bailey is hired by an 8-year-old boy to prove that he's not making up stories when he says he witnessed a bear being killed. What he actually saw was the killing of a woman wearing a fur coat.

    Director:David Lowell Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. 77 Sunset Strip Season 2 Episode 5 - Thanks for Tomorrow
    8.2/10(62 votes)

    #18 - Thanks for Tomorrow

    S2:E5

    Jeff Spencer tries to help a friend with a gambling problem, who has become an assassin's target after becoming involved in a race-fixing scheme.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 77 Sunset Strip Season 3 Episode 4 - The Office Caper
    8.2/10(63 votes)

    #19 - The Office Caper

    S3:E4

    A mobster's cronies put out a hit on Stu, who is the main witness against the criminal.

    Director:William J. Hole Jr.
    Writer:Montgomery Pittman

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  20. 77 Sunset Strip Season 3 Episode 29 - Old Card Sharps Never Die
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #20 - Old Card Sharps Never Die

    S3:E29

    Rex is hired to protect a man during Nugget City's Frontier Week.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. 77 Sunset Strip Season 3 Episode 39 - The Positive Negative
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #21 - The Positive Negative

    S3:E39

    In the process of recovering a stolen diamond tiara, Rex and Kookie uncover the identity of a former Nazi who is also a killer.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. 77 Sunset Strip Season 4 Episode 3 - The Man in the Crowd
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #22 - The Man in the Crowd

    S4:E3

    Someone calling himself R.E. Venge begins sending threatening letters and trying to kill Jeff.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Montgomery Pittman

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  23. 77 Sunset Strip Season 4 Episode 6 - The Unremembered
    8.2/10(47 votes)

    #23 - The Unremembered

    S4:E6

    A cat burglar who dons the costumes of films past confounds Stu.

    Director:George Waggner
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 77 Sunset Strip Season 5 Episode 5 - The Floating Man
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    #24 - The Floating Man

    S5:E5

    Jeff becomes a bodyguard for a judge who says that if he's killed, he wants Jeff to find his murderer.

    Director:Irving J. Moore
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  25. 77 Sunset Strip Season 5 Episode 6 - The Catspaw Caper
    8.2/10(33 votes)

    #25 - The Catspaw Caper

    S5:E6

    Suzanne and Stu help her Hungarian friend find her mother, who fled the Communists in Budapest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John K. Butler

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Best Episodes Summary

"Once Upon a Caper" is the best rated episode of "77 Sunset Strip". It scored 8.7/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by George Waggner and written by Roger Smith, it aired on 2/10/1961. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "White Lie".