Peter Gunn Season 2, Episode 16: Spell of Murder

1

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.

2

Crisscross

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

3

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.

4

The Comic

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

5

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.

6

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.

7

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.

8

Kidnap

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

9

The Rifle

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

10

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.

11

The Price Is Murder

Two escaped convicts go after Peter Gunn, and the best way to do that is get his girl first.

12

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.

13

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.

14

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.

15

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.

16

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.

17

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.

18

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.

19

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.

20

Sentenced

Gunn is "Sentenced" to death for the murder of a clerk, but he escapes jail.

21

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.

22

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.

23

Sing a Song of Murder

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

24

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.

25

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.

26

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.

27

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.

28

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.

29

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.

30

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.

31

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.

32

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.

33

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.

34

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.

35

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.

36

The Crossbow

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

37

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.

38

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.