Peter Gunn (1958) s01e01 Episode Script

1
I think you've made a mistake.
You know who you're stopping?
Hello, boys.
Mr. Fusari is late getting home.
He's expecting guests and
What is this?
The good and the bad of Al Fusari are a matter of record.
And as far as I'm concerned, it was mostly bad.
But any way you look at it, he was unique.
The last of a rare breed who crawled out
of a bathtub full of bootleg gin,
grabbed a submachine gun, and made the 20s roar.
By the truest measure of the underworld,
he was a real big shot.
And unlike his contemporaries who ended up
in a sack or on a garage floor on.
Valentine's Day, he beat the odds and
lasted until he was a little bit over 60.
And he was a big shot all the way.
For 30 years, the undisputed vice lord of
his own personal empire.
He was unique, and he was dead.
What are you doing here?
I get around.
Picnics, fish fries, funerals.
Nice crowd.
Not so nice.
See ya.
Hello, Mr. Gunn.
We haven't met, but I know all about you.
Is that good?
It helps.
I'm George Fallon.
This is Mr. Ives and Mr. Green.
I'm surprised to see you here.
I didn't know that you and Al had any sort of affiliation.
I thought you said you knew all about me.
There's always a chance I may have missed something.
From what I hear, you don't miss.
Did you also hear that I've taken over?
I've heard.
Then you know I'm planning some changes.
You could be one of them.
Goodbye, Mr. Gunn.
Hello, Pete.
Hello.
Sweetheart.
How are you feeling?
Hot.
September rain does that sometimes.
Yeah, I'm not talking about that kind of heat.
What are you talking about?
A couple of Fallon's boys paid me a visit last night.
Thanks, Betty.
Mr. Ives and Mr. Green.
Do you know what that bum Fallon wants?
Looks like a little man with a big appetite.
50% or he evicts.
Are you ready?
Evicts, like he had a lease.
And he figures he earned it.
Took a lot of enterprise to get Big Al.
How'd they ever do it, Pete?
Right in the middle of town.
Like I said, Mother, enterprise.
Day in, day out The same old hoodoo
Follows me about The same old Pete.
You gotta do me a favor.
In a minute.
And darling, I think of you Day in and day
out Day out Day in I needn't tell you Pete.
How my days begin When I awake I awaken
with a tingle One possible Uh-huh.
What kind of a favor?
Talk to Fallon.
Get him to lay off.
I'll talk to him.
All right.
But I don't think he'll listen.
I meet you And to me the day is fine Then
I kiss your lips And the pounding Becomes.
The ocean's roar A thousand drowns Can't
you see it's love Can there be any doubt.
When here it is Day in, day out Hi.
New dress?
Uh-huh.
Been busy?
Running errands.
Two nights in a row.
I missed you.
Pete?
Hmm?
You ever miss anybody?
I mean, really miss them?
It's a drag.
Sometimes when you don't show up, I just
I'm having a bad night.
Sorry.
Don't be.
I'll give you a charge to know that the poor
little girl flipped in spite of all the warnings.
What do you think?
No, that was mean.
I sure pick them, don't I?
If I start to feel too sorry for myself
and turn into a lush or something,
it's your fault.
You won't.
I won't?
Crazy.
I really love you very much.
I really love you very much.
But not that much.
I'm just one of your favorite singers in all the world.
One of my very favorite.
I know the type.
If I lost my voice, you'd hate my guts.
You don't just sing with your voice.
Is it true what they say about you?
What do they say?
Pete Gunn for hire.
True.
Well
I've saved up a few dollars.
I'll buy you a late steak.
I'll take a rain check.
I've got to run an errand.
My mother.
Gonna take you all night?
Hard to say.
I'll hang around.
If you don't show up by three O'clock
I'll kill myself.
Edie?
I'll be right there, Emmett.
Nice guy, Emmett.
You could do worse.
I always do.
Tell Fallon Peter Gunn wants to see him.
Peter.
Go pick a peck of peppers.
No.
I'm not picking up peppers right away.
Why don't you tell him.
Tell him what it is.
Good evening, Mr. Gunn.
Good evening, Mr. Gunn.
And you're mentioned as mother.
Mother.
For me, how about it?
I can see one of your foremost accomplishments
is sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong.
She's a friend.
She should be more discriminated.
Get in.
Did you know a little tailor on River
Street named Bell, Herman Bell?
Nope.
His wife reported him missing the morning
after Big Al was killed.
The day before that, he deposited $10,000
in his bank account.
Where'd you get this?
In his shop.
Is he still missing?
Yeah.
We've got a witness who heard the shots and swears
he saw a police car pulling away from Big Al's sedan.
There were no official police units
patrolling the area at that time.
$10,000 for a couple of uniforms, new car with a paint job.
To make it look official, it shouldn't be
too difficult to dig up a siren and a red light.
Not much of an investment when you consider the results.
Pretty cute.
Now all you have to do is prove it.
Pete, this is going to get worse before it gets better.
A little cooperation wouldn't hurt.
See you around.
You sure did me a lot of good.
How do you know?
They called.
I didn't leave you with any guarantees.
They did.
Co-operate or else.
What'd you tell them?
What do you think I told them?
Well, that should warm things up.
Hi, Emmett.
Hi.
That didn't take so long.
I got a quick answer.
Hungry?
Yeah.
That's what I like, quick answers.
Take care of the music while I'm gone.
Like it was my very own.
I'll get my coat.
We can go out the back way.
Hey, Barney.
Yeah, Mother?
Come here.
I think we got those big rats back here again.
No, no.
Come around here and listen.
Right here.
I don't hear anything.
You all right, Emmett?
I'm all right.
I'm all right.
Are you sure?
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
Mother!
Call an ambulance!
Barney.
Huh?
Barney, are you hurt bad?
Huh?
When we get big rats, we get big rats.
Mother's got about a 50-50 chance.
How's Barney?
He'll be all right.
He's suffering from shock.
Just got a call from the bomb squad.
Dynamite.
About three sticks.
Cinch for somebody to crawl under the
building, set a slow fuse, get out in time.
You're wasting a lot of time on statistics.
You got something else?
Just what you've got.
Pick them up, Lieutenant, or I will.
I'll pick them up when I can make it stick.
Mother told me they called her, and
according to her, they were very specific.
I'll start with her sworn statement.
And if she can't make one?
And I'll start with something else.
You do that.
Pete, I'll go after you as fast as I go after Fallon.
I've got nothing to worry about.
Jokes.
Well, can't you do something?
Sure.
What would you like me to sing?
Swell.
River Street.
It's a mess, isn't it?
You bother me just a little bit and I'll
blow your head off.
Sit down.
On the floor.
What are you going to do?
Kill you.
Sooner or later that phone's going to ring.
If Mother's dead, so are you.
Oh.
Oh.
Pete.
Mother's going to be all right.
Pete?
No.
No.
My God, no.
No, wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
I didn't plant that bomb.
I didn't plant it.
Fallon called all the shots.
I'll give you all of it.
There's only one thing I want from you,
and I'm going to take it right now.
No.
No.
No.
No.
I'll give you Fallon.
I'll give you the whole works.
I'll give you anything.
You know how they got the gal?
You know how?
You can never guess it.
In a police car.
Yeah.
That's it.
That's it.
And they knocked off the little guy who
made them the uniforms and everything.
Fallon got a couple of hoods from across the river.
They did it.
I don't know who they are.
They just come with Fallon calls.
They planted the bombs.
Get up.
Get up.
Call Fallon.
Call him.
You've got one chance.
You change your mind for a second and you're dead.
Okay.
Tell Fallon you're waiting for him here.
If he doesn't deliver 50,000 within an
hour, you're going to spill your guts to the law.
Look, what good will that do?
He won't come.
He'll make one call and we're both dead.
Hang up.
And get back down on your knees.
No.
Okay.
Oh, Fallon.
Dave Green.
Yeah.
Yeah, listen.
Just listen!
I'm at Mother's.
I want $50,000 in an hour.
I tell everything to the police.
You hear me?
Get out of here!
Go pour yourself a drink.
Go on.
We're just gonna wait?
That's what we're going to do.
What's that?
Shut up!
Pete?
You picked a fine time.
I get bugged when people hang up on me.
I told Lieutenant Jacoby where you were.
Sometimes you get lucky.
You take a chance on a bluff and it pays off.
Most of the time when you get mixed up
with men like Fallon, the wrong people get killed.
This time was no exception.
They found the little tailor on the bottom of the river.
Ten thousand he left behind didn't keep
his widow from crying.
She was crying for a long time.
But this one had its good side, too.
Jacoby got Fallon and made it stick.
When the rest stood up to be counted, there
were enough around to make it worthwhile.
Hello, sweetheart.
What's the matter?
Don't you have a home?
Maid's night out.
The oceans roar A thousand drums Can't you see it
flow Can there be any doubt When here it is Day in, day out.
Anymore This is the end Of sky break.
Oh I I Oh.
I I I I I I.