Peter Gunn Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - The PassengerA 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.
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Episode 2 - Mask of MurderGunn is called late at night by a man who tells him: "hurry, come to my house. There is going to be a murder - mine". As Gunn arrives there is a gunshot and he and the man's wife find her husband dead, an apparent suicide. However the wife is suspicious and hires Gunn to follow a suspect, all the way to Rio de Janiero.
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Episode 3 - The Maître D'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.
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Episode 4 - The CandidateA dying millionaire hires Gunn to deliver a large donation to an oddball candidate for governor. However, the candidate can't hold onto the donations he already has, and Gunn and Jacoby help him when his campaign manager is assassinated.
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Episode 5 - The JudgementA prisoner brought to court for sentencing, somehow having obtained a gun, kills the judge before being killed himself. Lt. Jacoby, assigned to investigate, employs his friend Peter Gunn and his network of informants to get to the bottom of the case.
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Episode 6 - The Death FrameFearing he will be next in a string of murders, a theft-gang boss tries to hire Gunn to find out who is killing off his men. Peter Gunn turns him down but is framed for the man's eventual murder. Lt. Jacoby and Gunn have one essential clue to the real killer - he has a punch like a sledgehammer.
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Episode 7 - Death Across The BoardA race horse owner hires Gunn to find out who murdered his longtime trainer. The main suspect, a horse-race fixer, wants to hire Peter Gunn as well, to prove he didn't do it. Meanwhile, one of Gunn's "sleazy acquaintances" furnishes leads to other suspects including an ex-circus strongman and a crippled jockey.
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Episode 8 - Tramp SteamerWhen an ex-racketeer is murdered, his brother asks Gunn to protect him before he's next. Peter Gunn arrives too late, but before dying, the man identifies a deported mobster as the killer. Tipped as to where the mobster's old girlfriend is working, Gunn starts the manhunt.
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Episode 9 - The Long Green KillA convicted man being escorted to prison via the train is freed by a confederate. Fearing he will kill her for turning him in, the man's wife contacts Gunn to recapture her husband.
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Episode 10 - Take Five For MurderA young singing sensation is in town performing at a local nightclub.The manager of the singer hires Gunn, a WWII buddy of his, to deal with a blackmailer who knows about the "youthful indiscretions" of his client.
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Episode 11 - Dream Big, Dream DeadlyGunn is asked by an old-time, fellow private eye to find out who killed his partner that had been investigating an unsolved $500,000 bank truck heist for three years.
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Episode 12 - SepiA young boy "pays" Gunn to protect his father from unknown men who beat him up. But soon after Gunn starts to investigate, the boy denies needing help, and when the father is found he denies having a son.
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Episode 13 - Tender TouchAn eccentric employee hatches a plan to force the bank he works at to institute a pension plan. He steals all the cash in the vault and refuses to return it until they agree. Meanwhile, a local mobster reads about the story and decides to kidnap the man and take the money for himself.
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Episode 14 - The Royal RoastAfter one of three bank robbers in a $200,000 heist is captured, Lt. Jacoby and the station police are distracted by a visiting dignitary, and the prisoner escapes. Gunn is asked to use his "friends" to find a lead to the missing man.
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Episode 15 - A Bullet in EscrowWhen a hard-case who Peter Gunn helped send to prison for five years is paroled, he immediately calls Gunn with a chilling threat. Ignoring Lt. Jacoby's suggestion to leave town, Gunn has a scheme to fight it out on his own turf, but ends up in the cemetery.
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Episode 16 - Jacboy's VacationA man hires Gunn to find his brother who is lost somewhere in South America. Seeing the case as an opportunity for a "Vacation", Gunn brings LT. Jacoby along on. But not too far into their investigation does the duo discover that the natives are not hospitable, nor the vacation very restful.
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Episode 17 - Blind ItemA newspaper gossip column leads a noted author to suspect that his wife is having an affair. But before he can gather much evidence, the author is murdered, leaving Peter Gunn to take up an investigation that begins with the murdered author's wife.
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Episode 18 - Death is A Sore LooserSgt. Davis is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed derelict. Lt. Jacoby asks Gunn to help investigate the case and clear Davis, who claims he has been framed, possibly by an important hood he recently helped convict of mugging and murder.
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Episode 19 - I Know It's MurderA wealthy ex-showgirl has a son who asks Gunn to look into the background of his mother's new husband. The boy, who claims to have uncanny ESP, "knows" his mother will be murdered and suspects that his new father-in-law will be the murderer.
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Episode 20 - A Kill and A HalfThe wife of an old friend asks Gunn to find her husband who has disappeared and whom the police are looking for. He is the chief suspect in the murder of a witness against a top mobster. Her husband used to work for the hood and Lt. Jacoby suspects there is still a connection.
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Episode 21 - Than a Serpent's ToothA 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 has been robbed of tapes made during analysis which detail the incident and which will reveal the true story.
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Episode 22 - The Deep EndA swimming instructor allows a female pupil to drown and hires Gunn to find out why. The man cannot understand exactly what happened and what his actions were and is about to be charged with manslaughter by the D.A. Gunn is somewhat cynical but agrees to investigate the seemingly open-and-shut case.
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Episode 23 - Portrait in LeatherA boxer on the comeback trail has an assassination attempt made on his life. Gunn becomes involved when a pickpocket friend of his "finds" a clue to the plot. As Gunn noses around he finds that the boxer's ex-wife, manager, and owner, may have been involved in the incident.
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Episode 24 - Come Dance With Me and DieA 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.
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Episode 25 - Cry Love, Cry MurderA Mexican immigrant's son is accused of killing a drug dealer. Lt. Jacoby feels the young man had a motive and the opportunity to have committed the crime. Gunn, an old friend of the father, looks into the case. The family business plays a part in the truth of what happened.
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Episode 26 - A Penny SavedA ballet dancer hires Gunn to find her old dancing partner who has recently broken out of a sanitarium. He holds a grudge against her and before being committed he had threatened her life. The girl's new beau, a gangster, vows he will kill the "sick boy" if he finds him before Gunn or the police do.
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Episode 27 - Short MotiveA racketeer is beaten to death and a woman hires Gunn to find out if her old flame, a Korean War hero, was responsible. Lt. Jacob knows the man who has been an out-patient for being manic-depressive for years. Meanwhile, a fellow mobster is worried he may be blamed for the kill and wants to force Gunn to clear his name.
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Episode 28 - Murder BondThe biggest Racket Man in town is out on bail and "blows up". Or did he? In order to get back the $100,000 he put up as security, the hoods' Bail Bondsman hires Gunn to find out one way or the other. A derelict who disappeared with a $90,000 winning Irish Sweepstakes ticket may figure in the case.
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Episode 29 - Most Deadly AngelGunn "gives a little back" and goes to Acapulco, Mexico to look for a woman spotted down there recently by his friend. The woman is supposed to be dead and her husband is currently in the news. He has used up his last appeal and is very shortly to be executed for her murder.
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