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Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the...
Genres:CrimeDrama
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Season 1

  • The Kill
    7.6/10286 votes
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    The Kill

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1958

    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.

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • Streetcar Jones
    7.4/10194 votes
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    Streetcar Jones

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1958

    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.

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • The Vicious Dog
    7.3/10156 votes
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    The Vicious Dog

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blind Pianist
    7.5/10133 votes
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    The Blind Pianist

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1958

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

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: George W. George

  • The Frog
    7.6/10165 votes
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    The Frog

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Chinese Hangman
    7.6/10161 votes
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    The Chinese Hangman

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1958

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

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • Lynn's Blues
    7.4/10144 votes
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    Lynn's Blues

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1958

    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.

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: Blake Edwards, Lewis Reed

  • Rough Buck
    7.2/10139 votes
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    Rough Buck

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1958

    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.

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • Image of Sally
    7.2/10129 votes
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    Image of Sally

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man with the Scar
    7.7/10135 votes
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    The Man with the Scar

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1958

    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.

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • Death House Testament
    7.8/10143 votes
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    Death House Testament

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1958

    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.

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • The Torch
    7.5/10122 votes
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    The Torch

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Jockey
    7.4/10121 votes
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    The Jockey

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1958

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

    Director: Lamont Johnson

    Writer: N/A

  • Sisters Of The Friendless
    7.2/10132 votes
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    Sisters Of The Friendless

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1958

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Malvin Wald

  • The Leaper
    7.4/10119 votes
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    The Leaper

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1958

    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.

    Director: Paul Stewart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fuse
    7.5/10134 votes
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    The Fuse

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1959

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Let's Kill Timothy
    7.2/10137 votes
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    Let's Kill Timothy

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1959

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    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • The Missing Night Watchman
    7.4/10121 votes
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    The Missing Night Watchman

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1959

    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.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder On The Midway
    7.8/10132 votes
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    Murder On The Midway

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1959

    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.

    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • Pecos Pete
    7.6/10124 votes
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    Pecos Pete

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1959

    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.

    Director: Robert Ellis Miller

    Writer: N/A

  • Scuba
    7.5/10115 votes
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    Scuba

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1959

    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.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • Edie Finds a Corpse
    7.8/10140 votes
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    Edie Finds a Corpse

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1959

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

    Director: Blake Edwards, Walter Grauman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dirty Word
    7.3/10113 votes
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    The Dirty Word

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/1959

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

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ugly Frame
    8.0/10130 votes
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    The Ugly Frame

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/1959

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

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lederer Story
    7.4/10110 votes
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    The Lederer Story

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/16/1959

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

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: Charles Hoffman

  • Keep Smiling
    7.9/10119 votes
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    Keep Smiling

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/23/1959

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

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • Breakout
    7.6/10113 votes
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    Breakout

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/30/1959

    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.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • Pay Now, Kill Later
    7.9/10119 votes
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    Pay Now, Kill Later

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/6/1959

    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.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • Skin Deep
    7.6/10106 votes
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    Skin Deep

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/13/1959

    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.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • February Girl
    7.3/10112 votes
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    February Girl

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/20/1959

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

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: Robert C. Dennis

  • Love Me to Death
    8.3/10138 votes
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    Love Me to Death

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/27/1959

    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.

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • The Family Affair
    7.6/10107 votes
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    The Family Affair

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/4/1959

    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.

    Director: Lamont Johnson

    Writer: N/A

  • Lady Wind, Bells Fan
    7.2/10106 votes
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    Lady Wind, Bells Fan

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/11/1959

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

    Director: Walter Grauman

    Writer: William Spier

  • Bullet for a Badge
    8.0/10111 votes
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    Bullet for a Badge

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/18/1959

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

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • Kill from Nowhere
    7.6/10102 votes
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    Kill from Nowhere

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/25/1959

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

    Director: Lamont Johnson

    Writer: N/A

  • Vendetta
    7.9/10109 votes
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    Vendetta

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/1/1959

    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.

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • The Coffin
    7.6/1093 votes
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    The Coffin

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/8/1959

    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.

    Director: Lamont Johnson

    Writer: N/A

  • The Portrait
    7.6/1093 votes
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    The Portrait

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/15/1959

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

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A