7.6/10286 votes#1 - 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
7.4/10194 votes#2 - 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
7.3/10156 votes#3 - 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
7.5/10133 votes#4 - 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
7.6/10165 votes#5 - 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
7.6/10161 votes#6 - 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
7.4/10144 votes#7 - 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
7.2/10139 votes#8 - 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
7.2/10129 votes#9 - 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
7.7/10135 votes#10 - 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
7.8/10143 votes#11 - 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
7.5/10122 votes#12 - 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
7.4/10121 votes#13 - 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
7.2/10132 votes#14 - 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
7.4/10119 votes#15 - 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
7.5/10134 votes#16 - 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
7.2/10137 votes#17 - Let's Kill Timothy
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1959
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Director: Blake Edwards
Writer: N/A
7.4/10121 votes#18 - 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
7.8/10132 votes#19 - 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
7.6/10124 votes#20 - 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
7.5/10115 votes#21 - 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
7.8/10140 votes#22 - 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
7.3/10113 votes#23 - 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
8.0/10130 votes#24 - 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
7.4/10110 votes#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Kill" is the best rated episode of "Peter Gunn" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 286 votes. Directed by Blake Edwards and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1958. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Streetcar Jones".