Peter Gunn
The Leaper
Season 1, Episode 15 · Aired 1958-12-29
Synopsis
An older man stands on a high ledge of a downtown building: he asks someone trying to coax him not to jump "What time is it ?" On a rooftop across the street, a sniper in a TV repairman's uniform, opens his repair case, extracts a rifle with a silencer, and shoots the leaper off the ledge. The leaper was performer Lester the Human Fly, so his widow hires Peter Gunn to find out who killed her husband - and why.
In the series
This episode is part of Peter Gunn (1958–1961) on NBC/ABC.
Cool jazz PI, blonde nightclub, and a Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots.
Key cast
- Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn
- Lola Albright as Edie Hart
- Herschel Bernardi as Lt. Jacoby