Few cast members, fair story told, nonetheless, as our P. I. does some research on a hunch, when Jacoby thinks the fall of the girlfriend was an accident, Pete looks at where the body landed and the possibility of moving about on the rooftops. There is just enough evidence to question why the woman didn't land on the piano, and furthermore, who says a certain individual couldn't move from rooftop to rooftop. The lady had been up on the roof many times, the odds of her losing her balance are questionable and not falling straight down on the piano. Is it possible someone to have pushed her and escaped without exiting the roof in the manner of a normal person? The best part of the episode is suspecting one character from the start and finding out it was the other guy. Worth watching Pete unfurl the evidence at the library!
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A Long Fall
gordonl564 May 2013
Warning: Spoilers
PETER GUNN – "The Jockey" – 1958 A singer at a high-class nightclub takes a tumble through the rooftop skylight. Was it an accident? Or was it murder? The Police lean towards the former. The dead woman's boyfriend, Frankie Darro thinks the latter and hires P.I. Gunn (Craig Stevens) to investigate.
Darro is a famous jockey with tons of loot who is always attracting the "wrong" type of women. That is the story Stevens gets from Darro's manager, Robin Morse and his groom, Robert Gist.
Stevens decides to look a bit further into the matter and pays a visit to Police Lt Herschel Bernardi. Bernardi can add nothing new for Stevens. The woman had been alone on the roof between shows having a smoke. Stevens checks out the rooftop himself just to make sure. There is only one way onto the roof, and one way off. (Other than a 6 floor fall) Stevens is about to write off the case, and tell Darro it was an accident when something stops him. The something is a pickaxe that just misses connecting with his head. The man behind the pickaxe is Darro's groom, Gist.
Gist leads Stevens on a merry chase through a construction site and into an abandoned warehouse. Shots and blows are exchanged before Gist ends up taking a long fall himself. This of course ends with Gist having a rather flatter head than needed.
Gist had been annoyed that the dead woman was moving in on his boss. He figured the paychecks might stop and had tried to scare her off. He had shoved her headfirst through the skylight during the argument over Darro. He had then taken off before anyone had checked the roof.
Case closed. The episode was directed by long time film and TV helmsman, Lamont Johnson. Johnson worked in Hollywood from 1955 till 2000. (B/W)
Darro is a famous jockey with tons of loot who is always attracting the "wrong" type of women. That is the story Stevens gets from Darro's manager, Robin Morse and his groom, Robert Gist.
Stevens decides to look a bit further into the matter and pays a visit to Police Lt Herschel Bernardi. Bernardi can add nothing new for Stevens. The woman had been alone on the roof between shows having a smoke. Stevens checks out the rooftop himself just to make sure. There is only one way onto the roof, and one way off. (Other than a 6 floor fall) Stevens is about to write off the case, and tell Darro it was an accident when something stops him. The something is a pickaxe that just misses connecting with his head. The man behind the pickaxe is Darro's groom, Gist.
Gist leads Stevens on a merry chase through a construction site and into an abandoned warehouse. Shots and blows are exchanged before Gist ends up taking a long fall himself. This of course ends with Gist having a rather flatter head than needed.
Gist had been annoyed that the dead woman was moving in on his boss. He figured the paychecks might stop and had tried to scare her off. He had shoved her headfirst through the skylight during the argument over Darro. He had then taken off before anyone had checked the roof.
Case closed. The episode was directed by long time film and TV helmsman, Lamont Johnson. Johnson worked in Hollywood from 1955 till 2000. (B/W)
The Jockey
Prismark105 November 2021
A woman comes crashing down from a skylight window.
It all leads to Peter Gunn to investigate whether it was an accident or murder.
Gunn is hired by the dead woman's girlfriend, a famous jockey.
Gunn uses some science and deduction. The job that the police should had done.
Less padding here and a bit of a swerve to keep you guessing just who the murderer might be.
It all leads to Peter Gunn to investigate whether it was an accident or murder.
Gunn is hired by the dead woman's girlfriend, a famous jockey.
Gunn uses some science and deduction. The job that the police should had done.
Less padding here and a bit of a swerve to keep you guessing just who the murderer might be.
No Women, but Still Good
dougdoepke21 March 2014
Except for the absence of Edie and Mother, this entry has all the superb elements of the series— succinct script, noirish atmosphere, good action, and thoughtful ending. Pete's hired to find out whether a famed jockey's girl friend died accidentally or not. Catch that grabber opening, a series earmark, and the great staging of the showdown. I wonder where they found that rickety Tower of Babel to do acrobatics on. Then too, I never fail to be impressed by the imagination shown in the series production, thanks mainly, I'm sure, to innovative producer Edwards. Anyway, good to see favorite 1930's delinquent Frankie Darro, as the jockey, picking up a payday. Too bad he didn't have the adult career his talent merited. All in all, it's another installment of a series that probably as much as any broke the blander styles of the 1950's.
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