PETER GUNN – Send a Thief - 1960
This is episode 71 from the 1958 to 1961 P.I. series, PETER GUNN. Craig Stevens headlines as the hard as nails detective who always dresses with style. Regulars in the series are Minerva Urecal as the owner of MOTHER'S jazz club, and Lola Albright. Albright plays Stevens' squeeze, Edie Hart, who is the club singer at, MOTHER'S.
P.I. Peter Gunn, (Craig Stevens) is approached by Phyllis Avery about a job. She gives him an envelope stuffed with cash and a briefcase. The cash is his if he will drop off the briefcase at a certain address that evening. The cash amount seems right on, so Stevens agrees.
When he strolls out of Mother's Café that evening to deliver the case, he finds that others wish to relieve him of said case. Charles Horvath sticks a pistol in Stevens' ear and asks non to gently for the briefcase. At the same time several Police cars arrive, and spill out a half dozen cops. Stevens dives for cover while Horvath exchanges rounds with the boys in blue. Horvath manages to jump in a car and speed away.
Among the Police who had showed, is Stevens' pal, Detective Herschel Bernardi. It seems that some dame had called in a tip that there was going to be a robbery. Stevens and Bernardi decide to have a look inside the briefcase. It is empty. That is strange, why would Avery hire Stevens to deliver an empty case.
Stevens has a look through the mug books and id's Horvath. Bernardi tells Stevens that the guy he identified was thought to have been dead for the last year. This case is really starting to get weird. Stevens makes the rounds of his underworld contacts. One of the snitches, Billy Barty, puts him on the track of an old bank robbery case involving bonds.
It seems that Horvath, Avery and several others had been mixed up in the theft. The gang had all tried to pull a fast one on each other over the take. Cross on top of double cross is the order of the day with these people. Needless to say the bodies pile up with both Horvath and Miss Avery expiring from lead overdoses.
Twists and turns abound in this episode that has series creator, Blake Edwards supplying the story. Neat little 25 minute time-waster.
This is episode 71 from the 1958 to 1961 P.I. series, PETER GUNN. Craig Stevens headlines as the hard as nails detective who always dresses with style. Regulars in the series are Minerva Urecal as the owner of MOTHER'S jazz club, and Lola Albright. Albright plays Stevens' squeeze, Edie Hart, who is the club singer at, MOTHER'S.
P.I. Peter Gunn, (Craig Stevens) is approached by Phyllis Avery about a job. She gives him an envelope stuffed with cash and a briefcase. The cash is his if he will drop off the briefcase at a certain address that evening. The cash amount seems right on, so Stevens agrees.
When he strolls out of Mother's Café that evening to deliver the case, he finds that others wish to relieve him of said case. Charles Horvath sticks a pistol in Stevens' ear and asks non to gently for the briefcase. At the same time several Police cars arrive, and spill out a half dozen cops. Stevens dives for cover while Horvath exchanges rounds with the boys in blue. Horvath manages to jump in a car and speed away.
Among the Police who had showed, is Stevens' pal, Detective Herschel Bernardi. It seems that some dame had called in a tip that there was going to be a robbery. Stevens and Bernardi decide to have a look inside the briefcase. It is empty. That is strange, why would Avery hire Stevens to deliver an empty case.
Stevens has a look through the mug books and id's Horvath. Bernardi tells Stevens that the guy he identified was thought to have been dead for the last year. This case is really starting to get weird. Stevens makes the rounds of his underworld contacts. One of the snitches, Billy Barty, puts him on the track of an old bank robbery case involving bonds.
It seems that Horvath, Avery and several others had been mixed up in the theft. The gang had all tried to pull a fast one on each other over the take. Cross on top of double cross is the order of the day with these people. Needless to say the bodies pile up with both Horvath and Miss Avery expiring from lead overdoses.
Twists and turns abound in this episode that has series creator, Blake Edwards supplying the story. Neat little 25 minute time-waster.
