Episode
Peter Gunn: A Kill and a Half
Overview
It's ""trick or treat"" night, and Arthur Merrill answers the door to a big surprise.
Details
- Series
- Peter Gunn
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 1961-02-20
Episode context
A Kill and a Half is Episode 20 in Season 3 of Peter Gunn. It aired on 1961-02-20.
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Episode 19: I Know It's Murder
Kevin Daniels asks Gunn to prevent the murder of his mother.
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 18: Death Is a Sore Loser
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.
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 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 23: Portrait in Leather
While ex-heavyweight champ Billy Cochrane is training for a comeback, an attempt is made on his life.
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 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.
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 25: Cry Love, Cry Murder
The gun used in a murder of a gangster is found in the possesion of a teenager.
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 26: A Penny Saved
Ballet dancer Nico Belurin escapes from a home for the mentally ill.