Craig Stevens
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A golf pro, due to marry a socialite, is blamed for a hit-and-run death. He is not guilty but has no verifiable alibi. Gunn is hired and finds the golf pro's auto mechanic is part of a chain connected to a gambler who holds IOU's involving the socialite's brother-who does not approve of his sister's upcoming marriage.
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A Mexican immigrant's son is accused of killing a drug dealer. Lt. Jacoby feels the young man had a motive and the opportunity to have committed the crime. Gunn, an old friend of the father,looks into the case. The family business plays a part in the truth of what happened.
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A Mystery Woman is an admirer of Peter Gunn-and she kills to prove it.The first kill is when a hood who swore revenge against Gunn is released from prison.Then the hood's brother turns up dead.Gunn must prove he's not the killer and try to find out who is-before the gangster father of the brood comes after him.
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Gunn is called late at night by a man who tells him:"hurry, come to my house. There is going to be a murder-mine". As Gunn arrives there is a gunshot and he and the man's wife find her husband dead, an apparent suicide. However the wife is suspicious and hires Gunn to follow a suspect-all the way to Rio de Janiero.
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A dying white man from Haiti comes to the city and hires Gunn to find out why he, his wife and his farm are having trouble. Gunn travels to Haiti to find out if Negro voodoo is the cause or something more tangible-like the local Sugar King. Due to reluctant local police cooperation, Gunn may be stymied.
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A boxer on the comeback trail has an assassination attempt made on his life. Gunn becomes involved when a pickpocket friend of his "finds" a clue to the plot. As Gunn noses around he finds that the boxers' ex-wife, Manager and owner among others may have been involved in the incident.
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Cliffie Thomas hires Pete to protect him from recently convicted and even more recently escaped Al Brenners. Cliffie was blinded 10 years ago by Brenners and Vic Stringer. The police think Brenners left town, but Cliffie knows otherwise because he knows Stringer has visited his newsstand a couple times. Cliffie figures Brenners and Stringer will kill him because wherever Stringer is, Brenners can't be far away. Peter Gunn is Cliffie's key to remaining...
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A man hires Gunn to find his brother,who mentioned in his most recent letter being in an obscure South American country.Lt. Jacoby is treated to a "vacation" by Gunn and goes along to look for the man.They find the natives are not hospitable nor the vacation very restful.
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Still in Acapulco, due largely in part to Lt. Jacoby's bad sunburn, Gunn is asked by the local police (Lt. Vasquez) to help with the investigation into the near assassination of a U.S. diplomat's son. The emotional problems of the boy, the victims of a car wreck and a debt to a gambler are leads to a possible suspect.
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Still in Acapulco, Gunn is hired by a agent to keep an eye on his client-an old-time star making a comeback movie. The actor may end up going back on the bottle if his nerves get the best of him due to the director constantly badgering him. When the actor disappears the question is did he run away or was he kidnapped?
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Peter Gunn is convicted and given the Death Sentence for a bank robbery/murder he did not commit.After the sentencing and before being delivered to prison,Jacoby asks to see his old friend in his office.Gunn escapes and desperately looks for clues to what really happened.
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After Edie discovers a male corpse in her shower, her finicky landlord (Joseph Kearns, Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace) threatens to break her lease. Leaving Lt. Jacobi to crack wise and console Edie, Peter Gunn pursues the killers, so she won't have an excuse to move in with him.
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A priest totes a Bible into a prison cell and presents it to a convicted murderer (Frank DeKova, "The Untouchables" ). The hollow book contains a gun, which the killer uses to escape. Soon, Peter Gunn is hired by an accident victim cloaked in head bandages, to find his brother. At Mother's nightclub, while Edie chirps "Eisenhower's looks give me a thrill" Mother helps Gunn piece together that the missing "brother" is actually the escapee's robbery...