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The Worst Episodes of Peter Gunn

Every episode of Peter Gunn ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Peter Gunn!

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the...
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Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Voodoo" is the worst rated episode of "Peter Gunn". It scored 6.6/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/19/1961. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Young Assassins".

  • Voodoo
    6.6/1059 votes
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    #1 - Voodoo

    Season 3 Episode 36 - Aired 6/19/1961

    Abel Gunther a small-time Haitian sugar-cane grower, blames the death of his wife on the spirit world. He has a more praticial explanation for another of his worries - his cane fields have been leveled by fire.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Young Assassins
    6.7/1096 votes
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    #2 - The Young Assassins

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1959

    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: N/A

  • The Heiress
    6.8/1084 votes
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    #3 - The Heiress

    Season 2 Episode 37 - Aired 6/13/1960

    Walter C. Gerard is prisoner in his own house, his daughter has paroled criminal Frank Loomis who now lives in the mansion and runs the show.

    Director: Robert Gist

    Writer: N/A

  • Royal Roust
    6.8/1080 votes
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    #4 - Royal Roust

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cry Love, Cry Murder
    6.8/1072 votes
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    #5 - Cry Love, Cry Murder

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/27/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Candidate
    6.9/1076 votes
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    #6 - The Candidate

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Bullet for the Boy
    6.9/1062 votes
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    #7 - A Bullet for the Boy

    Season 3 Episode 33 - Aired 5/29/1961

    Gambling man Paul Mitchell and the son of an American diplomat in Acapulco, is show and wounded while leaving his home.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Portrait in Leather
    7.0/1072 votes
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    #8 - Portrait in Leather

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby Shoes
    7.1/1081 votes
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    #9 - Baby Shoes

    Season 2 Episode 38 - Aired 6/27/1960

    A baby is dumped outside of Pete's apartment with a note attached asking Pete to take care of the baby. When a woman is gunned down Pete believes that she is somehow connected.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • Jacoby's Vacation
    7.1/1078 votes
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    #10 - Jacoby's Vacation

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1961

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Till Death Do Us Part
    7.1/1061 votes
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    #11 - Till Death Do Us Part

    Season 3 Episode 30 - Aired 5/8/1961

    Edward Candell is scheduled to die for the murder of his wife Leona. Tommy McDonald is surprised to hear the verdict - he just saw Leona.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Intrusion
    7.1/1060 votes
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    #12 - Deadly Intrusion

    Season 3 Episode 35 - Aired 6/12/1961

    Golf instructor Gil Manson is accused by the police of being a hit and run driver. Manson insists he was giving a golf lesson at the time of the accident, but his pupil has mysteriously disappeared.

    Director: Robert Gist

    Writer: Tony Barrett, Steffi Barrett

  • Down the Drain
    7.1/1061 votes
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    #13 - Down the Drain

    Season 3 Episode 37 - Aired 6/26/1961

    A man named Paul Condon calls the police and tells them where a cache of stolen jewels can be found. But before any more information can be passed on - Condon is shot down.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rough Buck
    7.2/10139 votes
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    #14 - 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

  • Image of Sally
    7.2/10129 votes
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    #15 - 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

  • Let's Kill Timothy
    7.2/10137 votes
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    #16 - Let's Kill Timothy

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1959

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    Director: Blake Edwards

    Writer: N/A

  • Lady Wind, Bells Fan
    7.2/10106 votes
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    #17 - Lady Wind, Bells Fan

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/11/1959

    Fan Dancer, Darling Lillian of The Green Dragon is given a special fan one that holds the key to the past.

    Director: Walter Grauman

    Writer: William Spier

  • Terror on the Campus
    7.2/1096 votes
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    #18 - Terror on the Campus

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1959

    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

    Writer: N/A

  • Hollywood Calling
    7.2/1084 votes
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    #19 - Hollywood Calling

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/29/1960

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Letter of the Law
    7.2/1085 votes
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    #20 - Letter of the Law

    Season 2 Episode 35 - Aired 5/30/1960

    Nightclub Singer Julie Kent is murdered and the DA's son is the suspect, she also happens to be the ex-girlfriend of syndicate boss DeSantis.

    Director: Robert Gist

    Writer: N/A

  • Mask of Murder
    7.2/1087 votes
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    #21 - Mask of Murder

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Take Five for Murder
    7.2/1082 votes
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    #22 - Take Five for Murder

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1960

    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: N/A

  • Sepi
    7.2/1072 votes
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    #23 - Sepi

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1960

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Resort
    7.2/1061 votes
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    #24 - Last Resort

    Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 5/15/1961

    Clinton Hobart, former movie great, is trying to make a comeback. But hard-driving young producer Les Murdock isn't making matters any easier for the old fellow.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Vicious Dog
    7.3/10156 votes
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    #25 - 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