The Best Episodes of 77 Sunset Strip Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.4/10(41 votes)

   #1 - The Reluctant Spy

   S5:E110/12/1962

   Stu searches for the reasons behind an old friend's hit-and-run death in Austria.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
2. 

   7.8/10(43 votes)

   #2 - Leap, My Lovely

   S5:E210/19/1962

   A con man hypnotizes an actress into jumping out a window, then blackmails a film's producer with threats of doing the same to his leading man.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown
3. 

   7.8/10(48 votes)

   #3 - Terror in a Small Town

   S5:E310/26/1962

   After a rash of practical jokes at the office, Kookie can't convince his partners that he really has been arrested for a serious crime.

   Director:Richard C. Sarafian

   Writer:Paul Savage

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   Director:Richard C. Sarafian

   Writer:Paul Savage
4. 

   8.1/10(38 votes)

   #4 - The Raiders

   S5:E411/2/1962

   Stu arrives in the corrupt small town where an old friend is chief of police and with the help of a senaor's wife uncovers a murder and a blackmail scheme.

   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Unknown
5. 

   8.2/10(34 votes)

   #5 - The Floating Man

   S5:E511/9/1962

   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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   Director:Irving J. Moore

   Writer:Robert C. Dennis
6. 

   8.1/10(34 votes)

   #6 - The Catspaw Caper

   S5:E611/16/1962

   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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   Director:Unknown

   Writer:John K. Butler
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7. 

   7.8/10(39 votes)

   #7 - Wolf, Cried the Blonde

   S5:E711/23/1962

   An actress cons the detectives into helping her pull off a publicity stunt, but gets more than she bargained for when a man from her past shows up with his hand out.

   Director:Robert Douglas

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Robert Douglas

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8. 

   7.7/10(41 votes)

   #8 - The Dark Wood

   S5:E811/30/1962

   Stu reunites with an old flame, a recent widow, and investigates her daughter's belief that her father's death was no accident.

   Director:Richard C. Sarafian

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Richard C. Sarafian

   Writer:Unknown
9. 

   8.0/10(38 votes)

   #9 - Shadow on Your Shoulder

   S5:E912/7/1962

   Stu teams up with private detectives from Hawaii and French and English police to discover how a pair of criminals steal from their victims and leave them physical wrecks. Folk singers Peter, Paul & Mary perform.

   Director:Leslie H. Martinson

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Leslie H. Martinson

   Writer:Unknown
10. 

    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Adventure in San Dede

    S5:E1012/14/1962

    Jeff and J.R. deliver an attache case to Latin American clients.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
11. 

    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #11 - The Odds on Odette

    S5:E1112/21/1962

    An astrologer hires Jeff when he begins receiving threatening phone calls, but Jeff discovers his secretary may be the real target.

    Director:Charles R. Rondeau

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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    Director:Charles R. Rondeau

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
12. 

    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #12 - The Snow Job Caper

    S5:E1212/28/1962

    Jeff teams up with an insurance adjuster to recover an armored truck's lost shipment.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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13. 

    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #13 - Falling Stars

    S5:E131/4/1963

    Stu becomes involved in film society when a suicide, a murder, and subseuqent attempted murders disrupt the entertainment world.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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14. 

    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #14 - The Tarnished Idol

    S5:E141/11/1963

    Suzanne finds love when she posses as an heiress to investigate the person who's suing a client.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
15. 

    8.3/10(44 votes)

    #15 - Scream Softly, Dear

    S5:E151/18/1963

    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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    Director:Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer:Unknown
16. 

    8.0/10(50 votes)

    #16 - Terror in Silence

    S5:E161/25/1963

    Stu helps a deaf librarian who ""overheard"" a a death threat in the reading room.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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    Writer:Robert C. Dennis
17. 

    7.5/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Crashout

    S5:E172/1/1963

    Jeff and Roscoe go undercover in prison to help a thief break out, in hopes he'll lead them to his hidden stash. But the man's cronies have their own plans for the escape and the cash.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Jerry Davis

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    Writer:Jerry Davis
18. 

    8.2/10(47 votes)

    #18 - The Night Was Six Years Long

    S5:E182/8/1963

    The detectives' former secretary walks back in after six years, suffering from amnesia.

    Director:George Waggner

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:George Waggner

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19. 

    7.5/10(40 votes)

    #19 - Six Feet Under

    S5:E192/15/1963

    Gang boss Marco Deederman was reported killed in an automobile accident. But after the funeral, a series of fur and jewels thefts show the unmistakable hand of the old master—while Jeff falls for Deederman's girlfriend.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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20. 

    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #20 - Escape to Freedom

    S5:E202/22/1963

    Stu is asked to rescue scientist Marie Harben's son, being held hostage by East German Communists to prevent her defecting to the West.

    Director:George Waggner

    Writer:Paul Savage

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    Director:George Waggner

    Writer:Paul Savage
21. 

    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #21 - Dial S for Spencer

    S5:E213/1/1963

    Sandra Keene fears that someone may try to prevent her brother Michael, a skid-row bum, from collecting his inheritance.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    6.7/10(45 votes)

    #22 - Nine to Five

    S5:E223/8/1963

    Stu is called to New York to find a missing Hollywood wife.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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23. 

    7.8/10(41 votes)

    #23 - Stranger from the Sea

    S5:E233/15/1963

    Kookie helps a Japanese friend find his uncle, who vanished with $50,000.

    Director:George Waggner

    Writers:John K. Butler, Robert C. Dennis

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    Director:George Waggner

    Writers:John K. Butler, Robert C. Dennis
24. 

    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #24 - The Man Who Wasn't There

    S5:E243/22/1963

    Jeff investigates a former G.I.'s story of seeing a man who was reported killed in Korea.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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25. 

    8.0/10(55 votes)

    #25 - Flight 307

    S5:E253/29/1963

    Stu's flight to Hawaii is stalled by a busy airline official trying to cope with a murder, a fleeing thief, a messy love triangle, and a sick pilot in the air.

    Director:Charles R. Rondeau

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Charles R. Rondeau

    Writer:Unknown