Episode
Peter Gunn: Take Five for Murder
Overview
Gunn is hired by the manager of teen idol Bobby Jeeter to payoff a blackmailer and find out who is doing the blackmailing.
Details
- Series
- Peter Gunn
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1960-12-05
Episode context
Take Five for Murder is Episode 10 in Season 3 of Peter Gunn. It aired on 1960-12-05.
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Episode 9: The Long Green Kill
A convicted man being escorted to prison via the train is freed by a confederate. The man's wife contacts Gunn to hire him to recapture her husband. Due to him believing she tipped the police and caused his arrest, she fears her husband will kill her.
Episode 11: Big Dream, Deadly Dream
Detective Eddie Sellers comes clost to solving a two-million dollar robbery and pays with his life. His brother Cal, also a detective, is afraid he's next.
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The Rico brothers' testimony was responsible for Matt Poliska's deportation, and when Dave Rico is shot, his dying word is Poliska. But Poliska's not supposted to be in the country.
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Episode 7: Death Across the Board
Wealthy Sportsman Harley Bernard would like to know who murdered his stable manager. At first Gunn suspects Frank Rousseau, a gangster who once tried to get Wally to fix a race. The next suspect is a seven-foot giant who tries to strangle Gunn. After being rescued by Lt. Jacoby, Gunn visits TV exercise personality Jack LaLanne who identifies the tall man as the ""Great Gorza.""
Episode 13: A Tender Touch
An eccentric employee executes a plan to make his bank employer institute a pension plan. He steals the cash in the vault and won't return it until they agree. But a mobster reads of the story and decides to kidnap him and take his money.
Episode 6: The Death Frame
Eddie Carson, a small time thug, is sure he's going to be bumped off. He tries to get Gunn to help him but the sleuth is unmoved until it's too late.
Episode 14: Royal Roust
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Episode 5: The Judgment
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Episode 15: Bullet in Escrow
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Episode 16: Jacoby's Vacation
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