PETER GUNN "Mask of Murder" 1960
This is second episode from season three 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.
P.I. Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens) receives a late night phone call from Robert Brubaker. The man asks Stevens to hurry over to his place. He tells Stevens that he is sure he will be killed that night. 20 minutes later, Stevens arrives and is met at the door by the man's wife, Diane Foster.
As Foster takes Stevens to Brubaker's office, a shot thunders out. The two race to Brubaker's office and find the man inside a locked room. The body is still holding a gun in its hand. It looks like suicide. Stevens called his Police buddy, Herschel Bernardi to have a look at the stiff. The Police rule the matter death by a self-inflicted gunshot.
Several days later, the widow tells Stevens that she believes the death was a murder. Miss Foster swears that it had to be a shady business friend of her husbands, Morgan Jones. Jones it turns out had split for Rio in Brazil shortly after Brubaker's death.
Stevens takes the case when offered a large retainer by Miss Foster. He hits Rio just at carnival time which makes hunting down Jones all the more difficult. He spreads around a little bit of folding money and comes up with several leads.
The leads soon turn up a stiff along with the so called grieving widow, Miss Foster. It turns out that Foster had actually been stepping out with Jones. She was most annoyed that Jones had skipped after the murder, taking cash the two had lifted from her husband.
Foster had hired Stevens and then followed him. When Stevens found Jones, Miss Foster steps up and fills him full of lead. The old "a woman scorned" bit comes into play. Stevens now escorts Foster to the Police.
Decent episode.
This is second episode from season three 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.
P.I. Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens) receives a late night phone call from Robert Brubaker. The man asks Stevens to hurry over to his place. He tells Stevens that he is sure he will be killed that night. 20 minutes later, Stevens arrives and is met at the door by the man's wife, Diane Foster.
As Foster takes Stevens to Brubaker's office, a shot thunders out. The two race to Brubaker's office and find the man inside a locked room. The body is still holding a gun in its hand. It looks like suicide. Stevens called his Police buddy, Herschel Bernardi to have a look at the stiff. The Police rule the matter death by a self-inflicted gunshot.
Several days later, the widow tells Stevens that she believes the death was a murder. Miss Foster swears that it had to be a shady business friend of her husbands, Morgan Jones. Jones it turns out had split for Rio in Brazil shortly after Brubaker's death.
Stevens takes the case when offered a large retainer by Miss Foster. He hits Rio just at carnival time which makes hunting down Jones all the more difficult. He spreads around a little bit of folding money and comes up with several leads.
The leads soon turn up a stiff along with the so called grieving widow, Miss Foster. It turns out that Foster had actually been stepping out with Jones. She was most annoyed that Jones had skipped after the murder, taking cash the two had lifted from her husband.
Foster had hired Stevens and then followed him. When Stevens found Jones, Miss Foster steps up and fills him full of lead. The old "a woman scorned" bit comes into play. Stevens now escorts Foster to the Police.
Decent episode.
