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S1 E16 The Fuse

Thriller

TV-PG

26m

Dec 31, 1958

A union boss's birthday starts off with a bang when he switches on his car's ignition and it explodes. The crime boss who is the chief suspect wants Pete to clear his name.

Season 1, 38 Episodes

A gang attempts to extort money from Mother. When she refuses to pay, the gang dynamites her club and critically injures its owner.

Streetcar Jones,

Gunn is hired by a jazz club owner to prove one of his musicians has been framed for murder, but the musician's lawyer doesn't want Gunn's assistance.

The Vicious Dog,

When newspaper editor George Walker is viciously attacked by a German shepherd.

The Blind Pianist,

A man calmly enters a nightclub, takes off his scarf, and with it, strangles an older woman.

A mobster, the Frog, is stabbed on a dock and falls into a river, his green hat floating above him. The Frog was waiting to meet Peter Gunn, who is jumped when he goes to the Frog's apartment.

The Chinese Hangman,

A young man enters his apartment and is put into a sleeper hold by an assailant waiting inside. The assailant hoists the victim into a noose, and the death is ruled a suicide.

Nightclub singer Lynn Martel has lost all hope after her boyfriend has been killed. When Peter Gunn tries to help her, his life also becomes endangered.

A popular young boxer on his way up, Tony Triano, is gunned to death by professional hitmen. His family is devastated - who would want the generous Tony dead?

Image of Sally,

Nightclub singer Sally Hall is caught between two crime bosses who intend to have her at all cost.

The Man with the Scar,

Roy Davidson the D.A.'s son is being framed for a crime he did not commit, Gunn investigates and is surprised by what he uncovers in the way of a beautiful woman and a giant with a scarred face.

Death House Testament,

Ten minutes before his execution, a convicted murderer hires Peter Gunn to find the $700,000 he stole, hand it over to the bond company, collect the 10% reward, and give it to his daughter.

A man is burned to death on the rooftop of a building. The murdered man co-owned the business which was torched, and his young widow is suspected of contracting his murder.

A nightclub singer makes an unscheduled appearance on stage when she falls through a skylight. When the police rule her death an accident, her wealthy boyfriend hires Peter Gunn to find the truth.

Sisters of the Friendless,

A car attempts to run down a young man as he walks a lonely stretch of highway. He flees into the woods and over a convent wall striking his head. Hours later he wonders home.

An elderly circus performer known as Lester the Human Fly is shot while standing on the ledge of an apartment building. The man's wife asks Peter Gunn to investigate the death of her husband.

A union boss's birthday starts off with a bang when he switches on his car's ignition and it explodes. The crime boss who is the chief suspect wants Pete to clear his name.

Let's Kill Timothy,

A couple of safe-crackers realize too late that the lookout on their jewel store burglary is no longer looking out, he's absconded with the most valuable jewels.

The Missing Night Watchman,

Peter Gunn is hired by Quimby, a meek antique store owner to track down a consignment of rare jewelry before the arrogant collector finds out they've been stolen.

Murder on the Midway,

At a carnival, a magician promises the audience he'll make his gorgeous assistant disappear - instead, she plummets out of the mummy's coffin onto the stage, shot dead.

An assailant leaps from a tree, murdering a wealthy rancher riding a horse. The victim's brother flies cross-country to hire Peter Gunn to disprove the Texas coroner's verdict of accidental death.

Working alone late at night, a marine salvage company owner grabs a revolver to follow gigantic footprints out of his office to a dock, where a frogman croaks him with a spear gun.

Edie Finds a Corpse,

After Edie discovers a male corpse in her shower, her finicky landlord threatens to break her lease. Leaving Lt. Jacobi to crack wise and console Edie, Peter Gunn pursues the killers.

The Dirty Word,

At his posh soirée, a publisher sneaks off into the garden to conspire with a sleazy PI. Hiding in the bushes, a man in gloves plugs the publisher, tosses the revolver, then splits.

The Ugly Frame,

Late at night in an empty greasy spoon, a robbery turns ends in the murder of the owner. The diner was Lt. Jacoby's teenage hangout, so he rabidly pursues the murderer.

The Lederer Story,

As she's dying, a glamorous yacht owner staggers into Mother's, seeking out Peter Gunn. Gunn and Lt. Jacoby suspect she was poisoned and her husband pushed overboard - by her captain, maid, or butler.

A Murphy game blackmailing trio targets lonely male bowlers from out-of-town, murdering one with a bowling ball. Bowling conclave organizer Woolrich hires Peter Gunn to nab the perps on the down-low.

A priest totes a Bible into a prison cell and presents it to a convicted murderer. The hollow book contains a gun, which the killer uses to escape.

Pay Now, Kill Later,

After serving 14 years for a crime he did not commit, textile factory owner Gregory decides to commit the crime he was convicted of.

An heiress is clubbed with poker while flirting on the phone. Her uptight sister employs Peter Gunn to locate her missing sibling.

June Holton meets Michael Delak in his apartment. She refuses his sexual advances then a shot rings out killing Delak. The woman contacts Gunn for assistance after someone tried to run her over.

Love Me to Death,

Mr. Bowers booby-traps his basement, electrocuting his wife when she turns on an overhead bulb. Shortly after he marries heiress Maggie. Maggie's older sister employs Peter Gunn to investigate Bowers.

The Family Affair,

B E Raleigh places something into a hidden wall safe before preparing for bed. As he rides a stair elevator ax swings across in front of him almost putting him into cardiac arrest.

Lady Windbell's Fan,

A man stabs a Chinese shop owner to death with a dagger, while Triad muscle goes after a gorgeous dancer's fan, given to her for good luck. The dancer's fiancé hires Peter Gunn to change her luck.

Bullet for a Badge,

Lt. Jacoby scurries out for a night rendezvous with a tipster, but it's a set-up, and he's wounded by gangsters, so Peter Gunn leaps into the case. Two real informants talk to Gunn, but one is killed.

Kill from Nowhere,

Louise is a wheelchair-bound woman with no enemies, but somebody lures her to a window as a sniper's target. The obvious suspect is Joe, an ex-convict who is her nurse and has been named in her will.

Two men arrive at a closed restaurant and ask one of the people inside if they are Edie Hart. She confirms her identity and is shot with a warning "Tell Peter the 3 years are up."

Gunn is hired to accompany a coffin to Mexico City. The hitch is that there is nobody in the coffin only money stolen during a robbery.

Luther, a famous painter wakes to find two men breaking into his house to steal artwork. He confronts them only to be shot dead. A woman visits Gunn insisting he recovers one of the stolen paintings.

Details

Peter Gunn

Action & Adventure

TV-PG

3 Seasons

26m

One of the most iconic television series of all time with one of the most iconic theme songs! The toughest detective of them all, Peter Gunn has been entertaining audiences since 1958.

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