The Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(104 votes)

   #1 - Protection

   S2:E19/21/1959

   Two thugs selling protection, if you don't pay for protection, you're blown up and permanently out of business. Gunn is hired by Mother when she runs into problems with The Owl.

   Director:Boris Sagal

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2. 

   7.6/10(119 votes)

   #2 - Crisscross

   S2:E29/28/1959

   Bank Manager Poole places smoke bombs throughout the bank and then cleans out the bank.

   Director:Boris Sagal

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3. 

   7.6/10(100 votes)

   #3 - Edge of the Knife

   S2:E310/5/1959

   A distraught father is worried about his daughter, Ellen Majeski, who did time for four years as an accomplice in a robbery. Now after her release she has disappeared and her father hires Gunn to find her. The twist is that her father died when she was 4.

   Director:Boris Sagal

   Writer:Unknown

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4. 

   7.6/10(127 votes)

   #4 - The Comic

   S2:E410/12/1959

   Convinced that his wife is trying to kill him, comedian Danny Holland comes to Peter Gunn for help.

   Director:Blake Edwards

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   Director:Blake Edwards

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5. 

   7.7/10(109 votes)

   #5 - Death Is a Red Rose

   S2:E510/19/1959

   John Alastair is a desperate man and has a problem, he has hired Burnett to kill him but changes his mind. Unfortunately Burnett doesn't see it that way.

   Director:Boris Sagal

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6. 

   6.8/10(103 votes)

   #6 - The Young Assassins

   S2:E610/26/1959

   Charlie Mays is on Death Row and his seventeen year old son is heading down the same old road as his dad. Charlie asks Pete for help in saving his son from himself.

   Director:Boris Sagal

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.5/10(101 votes)

   #7 - The Feathered Doll

   S2:E711/2/1959

   Plainsclothes policeman Jay Madigan is found knifed on the docks near the carnival. Pete undercovers that the Shooting Gallery at the carnival is smuggling something in the dolls, heroin.

   Director:Boris Sagal

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   7.7/10(104 votes)

   #8 - Kidnap

   S2:E811/16/1959

   Lt. Jacoby is kidnapped, Pete goes looking for him and finds suspects at every turn.

   Director:Boris Sagal

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9. 

   7.4/10(94 votes)

   #9 - The Rifle

   S2:E911/23/1959

   Janos Kolanski, an inventor goes to Pete for help. Apparently there is a faction after his plans, his invention a deadly rifle.

   Director:Blake Edwards

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10. 

    7.6/10(95 votes)

    #10 - The Game

    S2:E1011/30/1959

    Some jewels have been stolen, and an insurance man named Nickerman wants to pay the thieves to return them. So he hires Gunn to contact the crooks.

    Director:Boris Sagal

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11. 

    7.3/10(91 votes)

    #11 - The Price Is Murder

    S2:E1112/7/1959

    Two escaped convicts go after Peter Gunn, and the best way to do that is get his girl first.

    Director:Boris Sagal

    Writer:Unknown

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12. 

    7.7/10(98 votes)

    #12 - The Briefcase

    S2:E1212/14/1959

    Matthew Dunaway is killed on a train and his briefcase is stolen. Gunn is hired by Lavinia to find a man she claims is her husband and to find what is in the briefcase.

    Director:Blake Edwards

    Writer:Unknown

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13. 

    7.2/10(100 votes)

    #13 - Terror on the Campus

    S2:E1312/21/1959

    Dean Norse hires Pete to find out what is happening on the campus, the girls are terrified with lights flickering off every night and the ringing of the bell tower which hasn't rung in over twenty years as well as a mysterious presence.

    Director:Boris Sagal

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14. 

    7.6/10(95 votes)

    #14 - The Wolfe Case

    S2:E1412/28/1959

    Nancy Fowler is murdered and Pete is hired to find out why. He finds that it's a setup for a bitter wife married to a wealthy older man to get his money.

    Director:Lamont Johnson

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15. 

    7.8/10(101 votes)

    #15 - Hot Money

    S2:E151/4/1960

    Willie Coronado is found dead in the dryer of a laundry mat. He was one of the men involved in a daring bank robbery involving one million dollars. Louis hires Pete to find out who killed his partner and to cut a deal with the DA's office for his involvement.

    Director:Unknown

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16. 

    7.3/10(94 votes)

    #16 - Spell of Murder

    S2:E161/11/1960

    An attempt is made on Arnold Simpsons' life when he hires Gunn to find out who is blackmailing him. He tells Pete about a dig he was on with Frank Victor and how he abandoned him when the cave collapsed. Gunn is sent to the Blue Pheasant to pick up a parcel for Simpson and delivers it to him and is stunned when it goes off.

    Director:Lamont Johnson

    Writer:Unknown

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17. 

    7.5/10(94 votes)

    #17 - The Grudge

    S2:E171/18/1960

    An escapee from a mental hospital gives the Mayor an ultimatum, either commit suicide or a bomb will be detonated at the Civic Centre.

    Director:Lamont Johnson

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18. 

    7.3/10(102 votes)

    #18 - Fill the Cup

    S2:E181/25/1960

    Getty hires Gunn to help him to stop drinking, his daughter that he hasn't seen in fifteen years is coming to see him tomorrow and he wants to be sober for her. He begs Pete, tells him he's his last hope.

    Director:Boris Sagal

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19. 

    7.3/10(101 votes)

    #19 - See No Evil

    S2:E192/1/1960

    Cliffy, the blind newspaper vendor is afraid of Brenners who was convicted and escaped after his sentence has been given. He hires Pete to protect Cliffy from Al Brenners and his sidekick Springer.

    Director:Blake Edwards

    Writer:Unknown

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20. 

    7.4/10(88 votes)

    #20 - Sentenced

    S2:E202/8/1960

    Gunn is "Sentenced" to death for the murder of a clerk, but he escapes jail.

    Director:Lamont Johnson

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21. 

    7.5/10(105 votes)

    #21 - The Hunt

    S2:E212/15/1960

    Two-thirds of this episode consists of a chase sequence without any dialog. Pete hears that he's marked for murder, but he refuses police protection. The killer finds Gunn alone in his apartment and forces him to take a nighttime ride into the desert.

    Director:Jack Arnold

    Writer:Unknown

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22. 

    7.2/10(87 votes)

    #22 - Hollywood Calling

    S2:E222/29/1960

    Actor Frankie Burns is murdered on the set of a new movie. Gunn finds out that the crime was committed to cover up an old crime.

    Director:Unknown

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    8.0/10(105 votes)

    #23 - Sing a Song of Murder

    S2:E233/7/1960

    Arnie Kelton musician and ex-convict, asks Gunn to investigate his wife's death.

    Director:Lamont Johnson

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24. 

    7.3/10(95 votes)

    #24 - The Long, Long Ride

    S2:E243/14/1960

    Someone is out to kill a former underworld boss, Joe Webber, back home after serving a lengthy prison term. Out of touch with the underworld, Webber hires Peter Gunn to find the identity of his would-be killer.

    Director:Unknown

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25. 

    7.5/10(86 votes)

    #25 - The Deadly Proposition

    S2:E253/21/1960

    Employee Arthur Cole accuses his boss of killing his wife and hires Gunn to prove it. There is a twist and it leads to the suspect being Cole instead.

    Director:Lamont Johnson

    Writer:Unknown

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