Episode
Peter Gunn: Death Is a Sore Loser
Overview
A janitor and his wife see Police Sergeant Lee Davis enter their building and minutes later they hear two shots. They rush to the scene to find Sergeant Davis holding a gun over the body of a dead derelict.
Details
- Series
- Peter Gunn
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1961-01-30
Episode context
Death Is a Sore Loser is Episode 18 in Season 3 of Peter Gunn. It aired on 1961-01-30.
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Episode 17: Blind Item
A newspaper gossip column item leads to a noted author hiring Gunn to investigate his wife. But the author is murdered, so Gunn seeks to find the killer and starts by investigating the wife. Turns out she has more than one man in her life.
Episode 19: I Know It's Murder
Kevin Daniels asks Gunn to prevent the murder of his mother.
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Episode 16: Jacoby's Vacation
Jacoby tells Gunn that he's going on vacation to some nice quiet place. Gunn tells Jacoby he's got just the place.
Episode 20: A Kill and a Half
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Episode 15: Bullet in Escrow
Ed Stone is released from prison, met by a friend who gives him a gun and makes a call to Peter Gunn.
Episode 21: Than a Serpent's Tooth
A 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 was robbed of tapes made during analysis revealing the real story.
Episode 14: Royal Roust
A royal visitor, King Felix, is visiting the city and it's Jacoby's job to escort him through the city jail.
Episode 22: The Deep End
Susan Neilson swims out to the deep end of her pool and drowns. Her swimming instructor, Phil Matterson, left her alone, poured himself a drink and ignored her cries for help.
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 23: Portrait in Leather
While ex-heavyweight champ Billy Cochrane is training for a comeback, an attempt is made on his life.
Episode 12: Sepi
A young boy tells Gunn that he saw his father beaten up during the night. But when Gunn calls the police, Sepi disappears.
Episode 24: Come Dance with Me and Die
A 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.