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Gunn is put on the hit list
gordonl5630 January 2016
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PETER GUNN – The Heiress 1960

This is episode 37 from season 2 of 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 Hope Emerson as the owner of, MOTHER'S jazz club, and Lola Albright as Stevens' squeeze, Edie Hart, who is the club singer at, MOTHER'S.

Wealthy business type, Gage Clark, hires Gunn (Craig Stevens) to help him with a problem. The problem is a freshly paroled gangster that Clark's daughter, Selette Cole, has taken up with. The gangster, Barry Russo, has moved himself into Clark's mansion and keeps rather odd hours. The local underworld population has also taken a turn for the worse since Russo has hit the streets again. Drive-by killings are now becoming a regular thing.

Clark is far too frightened of Russo to ask him to leave. He wants Stevens to have a "friendly" chat with the man. All this does is get Stevens added to the mobster's hit list. This leads to several attempts on Stevens' life. This of course does not amuse our favourite private eye. With help from Steven's Police pal, Herschel Bernadi, guns are pulled, lead flies with Mister Russo being the recipient of a fatal overdose of the heavy metal.

Not the best episode, but still watchable.
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Patchy
dougdoepke22 May 2015
Perfunctory episode without anything distinctive. Pete's hired to get paroled gangster Loomis out of rich man Walter's mansion. Seems Walter's flighty daughter has taken a fancy to the evil guy and Walter's too scared to do anything himself. Meanwhile, a rival gangster's been killed. So is Loomis behind it such that Pete can get him out of the mansion and into jail.

The 30-minutes is played more for humor than suspense. Gage Clark (Walter) is a familiar face from that era, specializing in weak, jittery roles as he does here. But almost stealing the show is unfamiliar Selette Cole as the daughter. Her Kewpie doll face and figure are perfect for a wacky personality. Maybe the best scene is the last one where a note gets delivered yoga style. Otherwise, it's a pretty patchy entry.
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