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The Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 3

Every episode of Peter Gunn Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Peter Gunn Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 1 - The Passenger
    7.8/10(94 votes)

    #1 - The Passenger

    S3:E1

    A sleepy passenger on a late night bus witnesses a man in a second story apartment strangling a woman. When a police investigation finds nothing,the man hires Gunn to find the killer-before the killer finds him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 2 - Mask of Murder
    7.3/10(90 votes)

    #2 - Mask of Murder

    S3:E2

    Gunn gets a frantic phone call from Norman Hartley and rushes to Hartley's home - only to find him dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 3 - The Maitre D'
    8.0/10(90 votes)

    #3 - The Maitre D'

    S3:E3

    A gourmand gangster blows up his rival and a gourmet restaurant at the same time. The restaurant's cordon bleu owner helps Edie open her own supper club ("Edie's") and in return Gunn teams up with him to bring the mobster to justice.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 4 - The Candidate
    7.0/10(78 votes)

    #4 - The Candidate

    S3:E4

    The candidate for Governor, Adrian Grimmett, runs on a no-taxes platform. Who could possibly want to assassinate him?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 5 - The Judgment
    7.5/10(81 votes)

    #5 - The Judgment

    S3:E5

    On Halloween Arthur Merrill answers the door prepared to treat the youngsters - but one of them shoots him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 6 - The Death Frame
    7.5/10(74 votes)

    #6 - The Death Frame

    S3:E6

    Eddie Carson, a small time thug, is sure he's going to be bumped off. He tries to get Gunn to help him but the sleuth is unmoved until it's too late.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 7 - Death Across the Board
    7.4/10(83 votes)

    #7 - Death Across the Board

    S3:E7

    Wealthy Sportsman Harley Bernard would like to know who murdered his stable manager. At first Gunn suspects Frank Rousseau, a gangster who once tried to get Wally to fix a race. The next suspect is a seven-foot giant who tries to strangle Gunn. After being rescued by Lt. Jacoby, Gunn visits TV exercise personality Jack LaLanne who identifies the tall man as the ""Great Gorza.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 8 - Tramp Steamer
    7.6/10(78 votes)

    #8 - Tramp Steamer

    S3:E8

    The Rico brothers' testimony was responsible for Matt Poliska's deportation, and when Dave Rico is shot, his dying word is Poliska. But Poliska's not supposted to be in the country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 9 - The Long Green Kill
    7.7/10(79 votes)

    #9 - The Long Green Kill

    S3:E9

    A convicted man being escorted to prison via the train is freed by a confederate. The man's wife contacts Gunn to hire him to recapture her husband. Due to him believing she tipped the police and caused his arrest, she fears her husband will kill her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 10 - Take Five for Murder
    7.1/10(84 votes)

    #10 - Take Five for Murder

    S3:E10

    Gunn is hired by the manager of teen idol Bobby Jeeter to payoff a blackmailer and find out who is doing the blackmailing.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 11 - Big Dream, Deadly Dream
    7.6/10(79 votes)

    #11 - Big Dream, Deadly Dream

    S3:E11

    Detective Eddie Sellers comes clost to solving a two-million dollar robbery and pays with his life. His brother Cal, also a detective, is afraid he's next.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 12 - Sepi
    7.1/10(73 votes)

    #12 - Sepi

    S3:E12

    A young boy tells Gunn that he saw his father beaten up during the night. But when Gunn calls the police, Sepi disappears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 13 - A Tender Touch
    7.9/10(87 votes)

    #13 - A Tender Touch

    S3:E13

    An eccentric employee executes a plan to make his bank employer institute a pension plan. He steals the cash in the vault and won't return it until they agree. But a mobster reads of the story and decides to kidnap him and take his money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 14 - Royal Roust
    6.9/10(80 votes)

    #14 - Royal Roust

    S3:E14

    A royal visitor, King Felix, is visiting the city and it's Jacoby's job to escort him through the city jail.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 15 - Bullet in Escrow
    7.5/10(76 votes)

    #15 - Bullet in Escrow

    S3:E15

    Ed Stone is released from prison, met by a friend who gives him a gun and makes a call to Peter Gunn.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 16 - Jacoby's Vacation
    7.1/10(78 votes)

    #16 - Jacoby's Vacation

    S3:E16

    Jacoby tells Gunn that he's going on vacation to some nice quiet place. Gunn tells Jacoby he's got just the place.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 17 - Blind Item
    7.4/10(82 votes)

    #17 - Blind Item

    S3:E17

    A newspaper gossip column item leads to a noted author hiring Gunn to investigate his wife. But the author is murdered, so Gunn seeks to find the killer and starts by investigating the wife. Turns out she has more than one man in her life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 18 - Death Is a Sore Loser
    7.6/10(86 votes)

    #18 - Death Is a Sore Loser

    S3:E18

    A janitor and his wife see Police Sergeant Lee Davis enter their building and minutes later they hear two shots. They rush to the scene to find Sergeant Davis holding a gun over the body of a dead derelict.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 19 - I Know It's Murder
    7.5/10(80 votes)

    #19 - I Know It's Murder

    S3:E19

    Kevin Daniels asks Gunn to prevent the murder of his mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 20 - A Kill and a Half
    7.8/10(76 votes)

    #20 - A Kill and a Half

    S3:E20

    It's ""trick or treat"" night, and Arthur Merrill answers the door to a big surprise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 21 - Than a Serpent's Tooth
    7.8/10(101 votes)

    #21 - Than a Serpent's Tooth

    S3:E21

    A singer, who fifteen years before was found Not Guilty in the questionable shooting death of her gangster husband, hires Gunn to help with a blackmailer. Her psychiatrist was robbed of tapes made during analysis revealing the real story.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 22 - The Deep End
    7.3/10(81 votes)

    #22 - The Deep End

    S3:E22

    Susan Neilson swims out to the deep end of her pool and drowns. Her swimming instructor, Phil Matterson, left her alone, poured himself a drink and ignored her cries for help.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 23 - Portrait in Leather
    7.0/10(73 votes)

    #23 - Portrait in Leather

    S3:E23

    While ex-heavyweight champ Billy Cochrane is training for a comeback, an attempt is made on his life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 24 - Come Dance with Me and Die
    7.5/10(73 votes)

    #24 - Come Dance with Me and Die

    S3:E24

    A cab driver saves a woman from a beating and from being forced into a car by two thugs. Afterwards, she disappears while he goes for help. The cabby tells his friend Gunn about what happened and this leads into the search for a girl who is "trying to get lost". She is a witness against a top hood and is on his hit list.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Peter Gunn Season 3 Episode 25 - Cry Love, Cry Murder
    6.9/10(74 votes)

    #25 - Cry Love, Cry Murder

    S3:E25

    The gun used in a murder of a gangster is found in the possesion of a teenager.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Passenger" is the best rated episode of "Peter Gunn" season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/3/1960. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Mask of Murder".