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Title: The Ugly Frame (09 Mar 1959)
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| Episode complete credited cast: | |||
| Craig Stevens | ... | Peter Gunn | |
| Lola Albright | ... | Edie Hart | |
| Hope Emerson | ... | Mother | |
| Herschel Bernardi | ... | Lieutenant Jacoby | |
| Billy Barty | ... | Babby | |
| Lewis Charles | ... | Mickey Quoit | |
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Jimmy Murphy | ... | Jimmy Blane |
| Sandy Kenyon | ... | Ed Mooney | |
| Shepherd Sanders | ... | Hotel Clerk (as Shep Sanders) | |
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John Bleifer | ... | Eli Gans |
| John Hudkins | ... | Hank Barlow | |
Late at night in an empty greasy spoon, a mug coolly kills the owner, but when the register yields only $14, he just shrugs and unscrews his silencer. The diner was Lt. Jacoby's teenage hangout, so he rabidly pursues the murderer, while struggling to prevent a mob leader from muscling in on Jacoby's side of the river. To help Jacoby, Peter Gunn pays diminutive pool shark Babby (Billy Barty) for a lead. Written by David Stevens
Okay episode, nothing special. Seems gangster Quoit wants to move into Lt. Jacoby's jurisdiction but needs to get rid of the knowledgeable cop first. So he arranges a frame up for a murder that draws Pete into the case.
More time than usual is spent at Mother's, where Edie gets to do a number along with the trademark cool jazz. Then too Billy Barty gets to provide his diminutive brand of color, (so how good a pool shark is he). Plus, there's the usual shadowy exteriors that lend compelling atmosphere. Also, I like the way the shooting of the shopkeeper gets a twist. But why oh why, does Pete keep preferring to gumshoe over staying with the cuddlesome Edie-- I guess some cosmic mysteries can't be solved. Speaking of well-turned ankles, catch the blonde bimbos sharing drinks with Quoit. One could pass as Jane Mansfield's stand-in. Frankly, the usual fisticuffs come across to me as a weak spot in the series as a whole. Too often they're obviously thrown in for action's sake as happens here. All in all, it's just an okay episode in an outstanding series.