6.3/1060 votes#1 - 5 Part 1
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1963
Stu's quest to solve the hit-and-run murder of an art collector's brother takes him to Europe and the Middle East. (Part 1 of 5)
Director: William Conrad
Writer: Harry Essex
- 6.4/1049 votes
#2 - 5: Part 2
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1963
Questioning various artists for clues to the killing, Bailey finds only further confusion in a mysterious blonde and a missing painting.
Director: William Conrad
Writer: Harry Essex
- 7.1/1048 votes
#3 - 5 Part 3
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1963
Stu discovers that he may be hunting for two killers rather than just one, but broadening his search results in two attempts to kill him, and his search for answers leads him to Italy.
Director: William Conrad
Writer: Harry Essex
- 6.6/1044 votes
#4 - 5 Part 4
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1963
Bailey's continuing search for two murderers leads him all over Europe, through Holland to France and an ambush on the river Seine.
Director: William Conrad
Writer: Harry Essex
- 6.5/1054 votes
#5 - 5 The Conclusion
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1963
Bailey's international search for murderers and missing treasure finally takes him back to New York for the startling conclusion.
Director: William Conrad
Writer: Harry Essex
- 8.6/1049 votes
#6 - White Lie
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1963
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1052 votes
#7 - 88 Bars
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1963
Bailey is hired by wealthy Constance Wingate to protect her brother, whose life is being threatened. In the course of his investigation, Bailey encounters big-time gamblers and a piano player who is being framed because he is in love with Constance.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1043 votes
#8 - Don't Wait for Me
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1963
A woman hires Stu to get to the truth behind her daughter's near-fatal shooting.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
- 7.4/1042 votes
#9 - By His Own Verdict
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1963
Acquitted of murder, Max Dent confesses his guilt to his lawyer, who decides on vengeance.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1039 votes
#10 - Deposit with Caution
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1963
Stu goes to New York to clear police lieutenant John Frazier, who is accused of corruption, but finds his client hates private detectives.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem
- 7.6/1037 votes
#11 - The Toy Jungle
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1963
A husband's anxieties about his wife's double life leads to a drug ring.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1040 votes
#12 - The Fumble
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/13/1963
Bailey is hired by his friend Diana to keep an eye on her husband, Charlie, so that he doesn't drink too much and lose his job. Charlie is then framed for murder by a colleague who wants his job, and Bailey must expose the murderer.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1034 votes
#13 - Bonus Baby
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1963
Stu investigates a paternity case involving bulldozers and baseball when Antonio Malfi hires him to find the son he deserted years ago.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Edwin Blum, Robert Leslie Bellem
- 7.0/1035 votes
#14 - Paper Chase
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 12/27/1963
Bailey is hired by the Clinton Paper Company to find Paul Keddy, an employee who has stolen a formula for a new product. Keddy needs money because he is being blackmailed; later, he is framed for murder. Bailey uncovers the blackmailing ring and identifies the murderer.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem
- 7.7/1035 votes
#15 - Lovers' Lane
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/3/1964
Politician Boss Gates hires Stu to clear his son Chuck, who is on death row for rape and murder but insists he was framed.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1032 votes
#16 - Alimony League
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/10/1964
Eccentric millionaire Jerry Kenzie wants to remarry, and hires Stu to attend a meeting with his four ex-wives on his island retreat to negotiate alimony cutbacks—with deadly results.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem
- 7.6/1031 votes
#17 - Not Such a Simple Knot
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/1964
Stu babysits an 11-year-old mathematical genius in Vegas, not realizing his client is the key to breaking the casino.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1034 votes
#18 - The Target
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/1964
A woman hires Stu to protect her husband, an author on the verge of publishing a crime exposé, who has become the taget of an assassin while serving time himself.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1033 votes
#19 - Dead as in Dude
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 1/31/1964
Stu is hired to investigate a man's death at a dude ranch when his widow rejects the coroner's verdict of suicide.
Director: Abner Biberman
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1032 votes
#20 - Queen of the Cats
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1964
A Philadelphia heiress hires Stu to find her long-lost mother.
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of 77 Sunset Strip Season 6
Every episode of 77 Sunset Strip Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 77 Sunset Strip Season 6!
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 6 Ratings Summary
"5 Part 1" is the best rated episode of "77 Sunset Strip" season 6. It scored 6.3/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by William Conrad and written by Harry Essex, it aired on 9/20/1963. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "5: Part 2".