7.7/1038 votes#1 - The Rival Eye Caper
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1961
A successful new detective agency tries to buy Stu out. Kookie joins the firm of Bailey & Spencer as a detective.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1035 votes
#2 - The Desert Spa Caper
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1961
Suzanne's spa getaway turns dangerous and she calls Jeff for help.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1038 votes
#3 - The Man in the Crowd
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1961
Someone calling himself R.E. Venge begins sending threatening letters and trying to kill Jeff.
Director: George Waggner
Writer: Montgomery Pittman
- 7.6/1044 votes
#4 - The Inverness Cape Caper
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1961
Stu finds a college student's long-lost uncle, who has been running from the mob for fifteen years.
Director: N/A
Writer: Howard Browne
- 7.9/1035 votes
#5 - The Lady Has the Answers
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1961
Jeff's bedroom is invaded by a beautiful woman who wants him to investigate a mystery involving stolen jewels, murder, and sleepwalking.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1042 votes
#6 - The Unremembered
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1961
A cat burglar who dons the costumes of films past confounds Stu.
Director: George Waggner
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1041 votes
#7 - Big Boy Blue
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1961
Jeff checks into the background of a talent agency's newest find, a trumpet player.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1045 votes
#8 - The Cold Cash Caper
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1961
Stu's date provides a vital clue in a $400,000 robbery.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1044 votes
#9 - The Missing Daddy Caper
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1961
Kookie and Jeff protect their godchild from becoming the target of a mobster's revenge.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1036 votes
#10 - The Turning Point
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1961
Stu does a minister friend a favor by taking an interest in a rebellious kid, but a fabulous jewel heist threatens to undo his good deed.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1032 votes
#11 - The Deadly Solo
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1961
The detectives protect a threatened jazz musician and his family.
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 8.5/1060 votes
#12 - Reserved for Mr. Bailey
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1961
Stu finds himself in a ghost town, plagued by a ghostly voice that promises him a terrible death.
Director: Montgomery Pittman
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1040 votes
#13 - The Navy Caper
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1961
Jeff is hired to test the security of a Naval base and enlists the help of Kookie, Suzanne, and Roscoe to go undercover to infiltrate the closely guarded facility.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1036 votes
#14 - Bullets for Santa
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1961
Jeff is hired by a movie executive who suspects the attempted murder of a parade Santa during a televised event may have been an attempt on the life of the actress sitting beside him.
Director: George Waggner
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1041 votes
#15 - The Chrome Coffin
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1961
Stu, Kookie and Roscoe infiltrate a hotrod group to unmask a killer.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1046 votes
#16 - The Down Under Caper
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1962
Jeff becomes enraptured with a lovely rancher in Australia.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: Roger Smith
- 7.8/1045 votes
#17 - Mr. Bailey's Honeymoon
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1962
An amnesiac Stu wakes up in a small town with a wealthy woman claiming to be his bride, and a concerned waitress watching over him.
Director: Montgomery Pittman
Writer: Montgomery Pittman, Roger Smith
- 7.8/1043 votes
#18 - Penthouse on Skid Row
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1962
Jeff and Roscoe help a group of poor friends keep the fixer-upper mansion they've just bought.
Director: George Waggner
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1035 votes
#19 - The Diplomatic Caper
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1962
Foreign agents plot to pressure a UN delegate.
Director: Sidney Salkow
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1043 votes
#20 - The Bridal Trail Caper
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/2/1962
A former rodeo star interrupts a wedding, threatening to expose secrets from the bride's past.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: John K. Butler
- 7.9/1044 votes
#21 - Brass Ring Caper
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1962
Kookie picks up a hitchhiking kid bound for Hollywood, and later comes to his rescue when the youth is suspected of a murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.4/1037 votes
#22 - The Bel Air Hermit
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/16/1962
Stu searches for the mysterious source of an heiress's bad stock tips.
Director: George Waggner
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1042 votes
#23 - The Parallel Caper
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1962
A murdered fisherman and a rich girl's concern for her troubled brother send Kookie and Jeff off on seemingly unrelated cases.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Richard L. Newhafer
- 7.7/1039 votes
#24 - Twice Dead
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1962
An ex-con hires Stu to find his daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: Lee Loeb
- 7.6/1040 votes
#25 - Jennifer
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/9/1962
Jeff is hired to check up on a young woman who's recently lost both her husband and her father.
Director: Marc Lawrence
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
The Best Episodes of 77 Sunset Strip Season 4
Every episode of 77 Sunset Strip Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 77 Sunset Strip Season 4!
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...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Rival Eye Caper" is the best rated episode of "77 Sunset Strip" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Jeffrey Hayden and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1961. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Desert Spa Caper".