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The Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 2

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The Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 2

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  1. 8.0/10(91 votes)

    #1 - Slight Touch of Homicide

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    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.9/10(103 votes)

    #2 - Sing a Song of Murder

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    S2:E23

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

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  3. 7.8/10(88 votes)

    #3 - Send a Thief

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    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.

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  4. 7.7/10(102 votes)

    #4 - Death Is a Red Rose

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    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.

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:N/A
  5. 7.7/10(99 votes)

    #5 - Kidnap

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    S2:E8

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

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:N/A
  6. 7.7/10(94 votes)

    #6 - The Briefcase

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    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.

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    Director:Blake Edwards
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 7.7/10(98 votes)

    #7 - Hot Money

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    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.

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  9. 7.7/10(90 votes)

    #8 - The Dummy

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    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.

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  10. 7.7/10(95 votes)

    #9 - The Best Laid Plans

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    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.

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  11. 7.6/10(113 votes)

    #10 - Crisscross

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    S2:E2

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

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    Director:Boris Sagal
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  12. 7.6/10(118 votes)

    #11 - The Comic

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    S2:E4

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

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    Director:Blake Edwards
    Writer:N/A
  13. 7.6/10(95 votes)

    #12 - The Murder Clause

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    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.

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:N/A
  14. 7.6/10(83 votes)

    #13 - Wings of an Angel

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    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.

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  15. 7.6/10(89 votes)

    #14 - The Semi-Private Eye

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    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.

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  16. 7.5/10(97 votes)

    #15 - Protection

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    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.

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:N/A
  17. 7.5/10(93 votes)

    #16 - Edge of the Knife

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    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.

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:N/A
  18. 7.5/10(91 votes)

    #17 - The Game

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    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.

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    Director:Boris Sagal
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.5/10(92 votes)

    #18 - The Wolfe Case

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    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.

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  20. 7.5/10(91 votes)

    #19 - The Grudge

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    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.

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  21. 7.5/10(103 votes)

    #20 - The Hunt

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    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.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
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  22. 7.5/10(82 votes)

    #21 - The Deadly Proposition

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    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.

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  23. 7.4/10(94 votes)

    #22 - The Feathered Doll

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    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.

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    Director:Boris Sagal
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  24. 7.4/10(84 votes)

    #23 - Death Watch

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    S2:E30

    Paul Conlon, a school teacher, is grading papers at school when he hears a scream he goes to investigate and finds a dead girl. He hires Gunn to prove his innocence.

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  25. 7.4/10(91 votes)

    #24 - The Crossbow

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    S2:E36

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

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  26. 7.3/10(90 votes)

    #25 - The Rifle

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    S2:E9

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

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    Director:Blake Edwards
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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Slight Touch of Homicide" is the best rated episode of "Peter Gunn" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 91 votes. Directed by Lamont Johnson and written by N/A, it aired on 4/11/1960. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Sing a Song of Murder".