Episode
Peter Gunn: The Dummy
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Peter Gunn
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 1960-04-04
Episode context
The Dummy is Episode 27 in Season 2 of Peter Gunn. It aired on 1960-04-04.
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Pete is hired by trumpet player Bud Bailey's wife, she is accusing him of wanting to kill her for the insurance money.
Episode 28: Slight Touch of Homicide
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Episode 24: The Long, Long Ride
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Episode 30: Death Watch
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Episode 23: Sing a Song of Murder
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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.
Episode 22: Hollywood Calling
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Episode 32: The Best Laid Plans
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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 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.