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The Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 2

Every episode of Peter Gunn Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 28 - Slight Touch of Homicide
    8.1/10(96 votes)

    S2:E28

    A little man with homemade bombs has been blowing up four or five gangsters at a clip. Now the mob boss' have hired Gunn to find the culprit.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 23 - Sing a Song of Murder
    8.0/10(108 votes)

    S2:E23

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

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 15 - Hot Money
    7.8/10(104 votes)

    S2:E15

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 33 - Send a Thief
    7.8/10(92 votes)

    S2:E33

    A secretary has important papers that incriminate her boss and becomes frightened when attempts are made on her life, at least that's the story she gives Pete. The real story is that Lyles a bank robber offs two of his cohorts after looking for the key to the safe deposit book where the loot is.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 4 - The Comic
    7.7/10(131 votes)

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Blake Edwards
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 5 - Death Is a Red Rose
    7.7/10(112 votes)

    S2:E5

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 8 - Kidnap
    7.7/10(106 votes)

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 12 - The Briefcase
    7.7/10(100 votes)

    S2:E12

    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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  9. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 26 - The Murder Clause
    7.7/10(102 votes)

    S2:E26

    Pete is hired by trumpet player Bud Bailey's wife, she is accusing him of wanting to kill her for the insurance money.

    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 27 - The Dummy
    7.7/10(95 votes)

    S2:E27

    Ventriloquist Marvelous Marvon is found murdered after his act. Gunn is hired by Marcel Benoit to the find killer. Rinaldo his Dummy, turns out to be no dummy.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 29 - Wings of an Angel
    7.7/10(89 votes)

    S2:E29

    Charlie Barnes is arrested for bank robbery and is cut a break to attend his daughter's wedding with Gunn as his watchman and then disappears.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 32 - The Best Laid Plans
    7.7/10(99 votes)

    S2:E32

    There is an assassination plot against the Governor, and Pete tries to find out who is behind it to stop the scheduled assassination. The plot is a ruse for something even bigger as Jacoby and Gunn find out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 2 - Crisscross
    7.6/10(124 votes)

    S2:E2

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

    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 17 - The Grudge
    7.6/10(98 votes)

    S2:E17

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 34 - The Semi-Private Eye
    7.6/10(94 votes)

    S2:E34

    Eric gets himself a trench coat and a pretty secretary. Now he's ready to start his career as he bumbles his way around town and interferes with the police department he is called in by Janos Thorwald to bring in his easy mark of a son.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Gene L. Coon

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  16. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 1 - Protection
    7.5/10(106 votes)

    S2:E1

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 3 - Edge of the Knife
    7.5/10(101 votes)

    S2:E3

    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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  18. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 10 - The Game
    7.5/10(100 votes)

    S2:E10

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 14 - The Wolfe Case
    7.5/10(98 votes)

    S2:E14

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 21 - The Hunt
    7.5/10(109 votes)

    S2:E21

    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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  21. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 25 - The Deadly Proposition
    7.5/10(89 votes)

    S2:E25

    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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  22. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 36 - The Crossbow
    7.5/10(94 votes)

    S2:E36

    Gunn is hired by Mr. Copeland to find out who stole his antique crossbow and is using it to murder people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 7 - The Feathered Doll
    7.4/10(102 votes)

    S2:E7

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 20 - Sentenced
    7.4/10(90 votes)

    S2:E20

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

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Peter Gunn Season 2 Episode 24 - The Long, Long Ride
    7.4/10(98 votes)

    S2:E24

    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
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Slight Touch of Homicide" is the best rated episode of "Peter Gunn" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/11/1960. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Sing a Song of Murder".