Episode
Peter Gunn: The Deadly Proposition
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Peter Gunn
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1960-03-21
Episode context
The Deadly Proposition is Episode 25 in Season 2 of Peter Gunn. It aired on 1960-03-21.
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Episode 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.
Episode 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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 23: Sing a Song of Murder
Arnie Kelton musician and ex-convict, asks Gunn to investigate his wife's death.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 20: Sentenced
Gunn is "Sentenced" to death for the murder of a clerk, but he escapes jail.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.