Blake Edwards
Director
Peter Gunn (1958)
Season 2
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 action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.
Released Sept. 22, 1958
Episode 30 min
10+
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Production Companies: Spartan Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Protection
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.
Sept. 21, 1959, midnight
7.0
S2E2 - Crisscross
Bank Manager Poole places smoke bombs throughout the bank and then cleans out the bank.
Sept. 28, 1959, midnight
6.0
S2E3 - Edge of the Knife
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.
Oct. 5, 1959, midnight
S2E4 - The Comic
Convinced that his wife is trying to kill him, comedian Danny Holland comes to Peter Gunn for help.
Oct. 12, 1959, midnight
S2E5 - Death Is a Red Rose
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.
Oct. 19, 1959, midnight
S2E6 - The Young Assassins
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.
Oct. 26, 1959, midnight
S2E7 - The Feathered Doll
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.
Nov. 2, 1959, midnight
S2E8 - Kidnap
Lt. Jacoby is kidnapped, Pete goes looking for him and finds suspects at every turn.
Nov. 16, 1959, midnight
S2E9 - The Rifle
Janos Kolanski, an inventor goes to Pete for help. Apparently there is a faction after his plans, his invention a deadly rifle.
Nov. 23, 1959, midnight
S2E10 - The Game
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.
Nov. 30, 1959, midnight
S2E11 - The Price Is Murder
Two escaped convicts go after Peter Gunn, and the best way to do that is get his girl first.
Dec. 7, 1959, midnight
S2E12 - The Briefcase
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.
Dec. 14, 1959, midnight
S2E13 - Terror on the Campus
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.
Dec. 21, 1959, midnight
S2E14 - The Wolfe Case
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.
Dec. 28, 1959, midnight
S2E15 - Hot Money
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.
Jan. 4, 1960, midnight
S2E16 - Spell of Murder
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.
Jan. 11, 1960, midnight
S2E17 - The Grudge
An escapee from a mental hospital gives the Mayor an ultimatum, either commit suicide or a bomb will be detonated at the Civic Centre.
Jan. 18, 1960, midnight
S2E18 - Fill the Cup
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.
Jan. 25, 1960, midnight
S2E19 - See No Evil
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.
Feb. 1, 1960, midnight
S2E20 - Sentenced
Gunn is "Sentenced" to death for the murder of a clerk, but he escapes jail.
Feb. 8, 1960, midnight
S2E21 - The Hunt
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.
Feb. 15, 1960, midnight
S2E22 - Hollywood Calling
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.
Feb. 29, 1960, midnight
S2E23 - Sing a Song of Murder
Arnie Kelton musician and ex-convict, asks Gunn to investigate his wife's death.
March 7, 1960, midnight
7.0
S2E24 - The Long, Long Ride
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.
March 14, 1960, midnight
8.0
S2E25 - The Deadly Proposition
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.
March 21, 1960, midnight
S2E26 - The Murder Clause
Pete is hired by trumpet player Bud Bailey's wife, she is accusing him of wanting to kill her for the insurance money.
March 28, 1960, midnight
S2E27 - The Dummy
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.
April 4, 1960, midnight
S2E28 - Slight Touch of Homicide
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.
April 11, 1960, midnight
S2E29 - Wings of an Angel
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.
April 18, 1960, midnight
S2E30 - Death Watch
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.
April 25, 1960, midnight
S2E31 - Witness in the Window
Pete is hired by Anthony Scott to locate Marion Venner who is blackmailing him after their affair ended. What he finds leads him to believe that the neighbor may have seen something and met with an unhappy demise.
May 2, 1960, midnight
S2E32 - The Best Laid Plans
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.
May 9, 1960, midnight
S2E33 - Send a Thief
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.
May 16, 1960, midnight
S2E34 - The Semi-Private Eye
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.
May 23, 1960, midnight
S2E35 - Letter of the Law
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.
May 30, 1960, midnight
S2E36 - The Crossbow
Gunn is hired by Mr. Copeland to find out who stole his antique crossbow and is using it to murder people.
June 6, 1960, midnight
S2E37 - The Heiress
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.
June 13, 1960, midnight
S2E38 - Baby Shoes
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.
June 27, 1960, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 3420 min.
Released: Sept. 22, 1958
Last Air Date: Sept. 18, 1961, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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