Peter Gunn (1958) s01e05 Episode Script
The Frog
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I wonder what he was looking for.
Whatever it was, apparently, it was
important enough to kill the frog.
Frog sounded pretty frightened when he called me.
When did he call you?
Around 8 O'clock.
Wanted me to meet him at the end of 24th Street.
Said he was willing to pay plenty for the job.
What job?
He didn't say.
When I got there, I waited around,
but the frog didn't show up.
What kind of a hat did the frog always wear?
What?
What kind of a hat did the frog Oh, green.
Green with a feather in it.
It was floating in the water.
He didn't tell you a thing?
Not a thing.
Guess I'll take a run down to 24th Street
and see what's under that hat.
I'll be at Mother's.
Say hello.
Somewhere there's music Oh, fade the tune
Somewhere there's heaven Oh, hide the moon.
There is no moon above When love is far
away too Till it comes true That you love
me as I love you Somewhere there's music
It's where you are Somewhere there's
heaven Oh, near how far The darkest night
will shine You will come to me soon Until
you will host till the night I'll hide the moon.
Oh, near how far.
The darkest night will shine It's where
you are Somewhere there's heaven Oh,
near how far The darkest night will shine
You will come to me soon Until you will
host till the night That's great, Edie.
Wonderful.
I don't think you know Shorty Rogers.
Hiya, Shorty.
Hiya, Shorty.
He's inside.
They're closed.
The front door is locked.
You know, Mr. Lilly, I'm not very happy with you.
It wasn't my fault.
Nestor got to the frog before I could stop him.
Why didn't you stop Mr. Gunn before he got to Nestor?
I thought Nestor could handle him.
How many people are in there?
I don't know.
Oh, you're doing very well.
Gunn went in the back way.
Show me.
Thank you.
Please don't stop playing.
I'm not playing on my account.
We're closed.
Good evening, Mr. Gunn.
Sit down.
It's been a long time, Mr. Gunn.
What's on your mind, Mr. Swink?
I understand that you killed a man tonight.
Friend of yours?
Yes.
I don't even know his name.
Oh, really?
Sure.
You just happened to be in the neighborhood,
and you decided to drop in through the back door.
All right, Mr. Gunn.
Where is it?
Where is what?
I know that you were supposed to meet the frog tonight.
Then you probably know I didn't meet him.
He must have made some contact with you beforehand.
That's a fair assumption.
What did he tell you?
He works for you.
Why don't you ask him?
I'm asking you.
And I'm getting bored.
You better sit down.
Pete, it's getting pretty late.
I think you'd better take me home.
He's going to stick around, honey.
You just go back and sit down.
Hold it!
You listen to me.
You
Now,
Mr. Gunn, where is it?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Perhaps you don't.
But I think you need a lesson in good manners.
Put his hands on the table.
You know, when I was a bad little boy, my teacher
used to rap me across the knuckles with a ruler.
No.
Get back, Edie.
You're getting smarter already.
I'll be a good little boy.
Go over and stretch out.
I'm all right.
Stretch.
Come on, now, fold your hands.
This is going to hurt for a while.
Say this.
Just relax and shut up, huh?
What's it all about?
Mr. Swink?
My Uncle Charlie.
You got an Uncle Charlie?
Forget it.
Uh, uh, uh, what did I tell you about those hands?
No.
Hmm?
Oh, this is a
There's a man called the Frog.
Frog?
At least there was a man called the Frog.
Did he look like a frog?
Do you want to know what this is all about?
After you tell me if he looked like a frog.
And if he didn't look like a frog, why
was he Why was he called the Frog?
He didn't, and I don't know.
Ridiculous.
Go on.
You sure?
At least there was a man called the Frog.
He's probably dead.
With a name like that, he's better off.
That did it.
Oh, come on.
I'm only teasing.
How'd he die?
You opened that pretty mouth once
again, and I'm My lips are sealed.
He's probably at the bottom of the river, and a small-time
assassin by the name of Nestor probably put him there.
I was supposed to meet the Frog tonight,
and when he didn't show up, I went to his
apartment and found Nestor tearing it apart.
That was Nestor's cue to try and tear me apart.
Oh, I
The Frog's been Swink's leg man, in
the rackets for about five or six years.
It's a small-time flunky with a dozen arrests.
Now Swink's worried, surprisingly worried,
for a man like Swink.
He's looking for something.
I don't know what it is, but he thinks maybe I do.
He knows that I was to meet the Frog, and
he also knows that I went to his apartment.
I'll get it.
You'll get nothing.
You stay put.
Who is it?
Jacoby.
Hi, Edie.
Hi.
I dropped by Mother's.
How is she?
Lucky, just a bruise.
How are you?
I got fat fists.
I asked Mother if she wanted to prefer charges.
That'll only get you swinked for a short visit.
Well, Mother suggested that you do it.
Leave him alone.
I've got a hunch you might get him for keeps.
You want a drink?
Yeah.
But I'll have a cup of coffee if you got it made.
We found the Frog in the river.
Knifed.
Anything else?
Yeah.
Just this.
A few odds and ends and an insurance policy for $10,000.
Who's the beneficiary?
Loretta Gimps.
Loretta who?
Gimps.
How about these names?
Did you talk to her?
The only thing Loretta ever told a cop is
where to go and what to do.
Maybe she'll talk to me.
I thought she might.
Thanks.
Want us to drop you off?
No, I'll just curl up on the couch with the ice pack.
Drop in again.
See you later.
Loretta?
What do you want?
How are you?
I'm not very well.
What's wrong?
None of your business.
Have you seen the frog?
You get out of here, Pete.
He was supposed to beat me tonight.
Yeah, I know.
Now do like I told you.
Turn around and walk.
So what?
He's named you his beneficiary.
That's worth $10,000.
You don't think I killed him.
I didn't even say he was dead.
You know darn well he's dead.
Get out of here, Pete.
I'm expecting someone.
Swank?
Frog wasn't much.
You know what he was, Pete?
Maybe just a little bit better than nothing.
But sometimes he'd show up with a jug and
We'd get plastered and laugh and talk and
believe each other.
We didn't have nobody else.
One night we was sitting around here half-gassed and
listening to the music and he said, Loretta, you old beast.
I like you.
Kidding, I really like you.
And he meant it, Pete, you could see.
What's Swink looking for?
What's in the book?
Ten years.
Deals, contacts, facts and figures.
Five years ago the frog told me that sooner or later
Swink was gonna get unhappy and order him killed.
When that happened, the frog told me the
frog figured this was gonna save his neck.
Well, it happened and didn't save his neck, did it?
Well, that explains a lot of things.
Swink ordered him killed before he knew about the book.
Nestor got to him before they could stop it.
If he knows you have that I hope he does.
That won't get you, Swink.
He'll send in more boys and you've got bullets for.
May take me a little while to do something with this.
You better hurry.
They'll still come.
Fine.
I can't leave you here.
You got no choice.
Beat it or give me back that book.
Go on, Pete.
Couldn't leave if I wanted to.
Gotta feed the cats.
That's pretty foolish.
And don't come back.
Unless you bring a jug.
Hold it.
Take him out.
He was in seeing Loretta.
Has he got it?
You know, Mr. Lilly, I'm not the least bit
unhappy with you anymore.
Max, take care of the old lady.
What about Gunn?
You can take care of it, Mr. Lilly, down by the water.
I can handle it.
Move.
Put your hands behind your back.
You're gonna get it right in the gut.
Ah, you swink, you pig!
You're gonna get it right in the gut.
Greta!
Look out, Pete!
Dirty pigs!
© BF-WATCH TV 2021 Hold it.
Here.
Pete?
Oh, you little doll.
Want him?
Where'd he come from?
Loretta Gimps.
Well, you're pretty skinny.
You want some milk?
Considering his former home, if milk
doesn't work, try a little muscatel.
Evidently, you make out all right with a lovely Loretta.
Yeah.
What about the frog?
What about him?
What'd you find out?
Oh, it's a long story.
Well.
Very satisfactory conclusion.
Not going to tell me about it, huh?
Uh-huh.
Sleep?
Uh-huh.
Oh, it's pretty good.
Oh,
it's a good one.
Oh, yeah.
© BF-WATCH TV 2021.
Thank you.
For watching.
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for watching.
I wonder what he was looking for.
Whatever it was, apparently, it was
important enough to kill the frog.
Frog sounded pretty frightened when he called me.
When did he call you?
Around 8 O'clock.
Wanted me to meet him at the end of 24th Street.
Said he was willing to pay plenty for the job.
What job?
He didn't say.
When I got there, I waited around,
but the frog didn't show up.
What kind of a hat did the frog always wear?
What?
What kind of a hat did the frog Oh, green.
Green with a feather in it.
It was floating in the water.
He didn't tell you a thing?
Not a thing.
Guess I'll take a run down to 24th Street
and see what's under that hat.
I'll be at Mother's.
Say hello.
Somewhere there's music Oh, fade the tune
Somewhere there's heaven Oh, hide the moon.
There is no moon above When love is far
away too Till it comes true That you love
me as I love you Somewhere there's music
It's where you are Somewhere there's
heaven Oh, near how far The darkest night
will shine You will come to me soon Until
you will host till the night I'll hide the moon.
Oh, near how far.
The darkest night will shine It's where
you are Somewhere there's heaven Oh,
near how far The darkest night will shine
You will come to me soon Until you will
host till the night That's great, Edie.
Wonderful.
I don't think you know Shorty Rogers.
Hiya, Shorty.
Hiya, Shorty.
He's inside.
They're closed.
The front door is locked.
You know, Mr. Lilly, I'm not very happy with you.
It wasn't my fault.
Nestor got to the frog before I could stop him.
Why didn't you stop Mr. Gunn before he got to Nestor?
I thought Nestor could handle him.
How many people are in there?
I don't know.
Oh, you're doing very well.
Gunn went in the back way.
Show me.
Thank you.
Please don't stop playing.
I'm not playing on my account.
We're closed.
Good evening, Mr. Gunn.
Sit down.
It's been a long time, Mr. Gunn.
What's on your mind, Mr. Swink?
I understand that you killed a man tonight.
Friend of yours?
Yes.
I don't even know his name.
Oh, really?
Sure.
You just happened to be in the neighborhood,
and you decided to drop in through the back door.
All right, Mr. Gunn.
Where is it?
Where is what?
I know that you were supposed to meet the frog tonight.
Then you probably know I didn't meet him.
He must have made some contact with you beforehand.
That's a fair assumption.
What did he tell you?
He works for you.
Why don't you ask him?
I'm asking you.
And I'm getting bored.
You better sit down.
Pete, it's getting pretty late.
I think you'd better take me home.
He's going to stick around, honey.
You just go back and sit down.
Hold it!
You listen to me.
You
Now,
Mr. Gunn, where is it?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Perhaps you don't.
But I think you need a lesson in good manners.
Put his hands on the table.
You know, when I was a bad little boy, my teacher
used to rap me across the knuckles with a ruler.
No.
Get back, Edie.
You're getting smarter already.
I'll be a good little boy.
Go over and stretch out.
I'm all right.
Stretch.
Come on, now, fold your hands.
This is going to hurt for a while.
Say this.
Just relax and shut up, huh?
What's it all about?
Mr. Swink?
My Uncle Charlie.
You got an Uncle Charlie?
Forget it.
Uh, uh, uh, what did I tell you about those hands?
No.
Hmm?
Oh, this is a
There's a man called the Frog.
Frog?
At least there was a man called the Frog.
Did he look like a frog?
Do you want to know what this is all about?
After you tell me if he looked like a frog.
And if he didn't look like a frog, why
was he Why was he called the Frog?
He didn't, and I don't know.
Ridiculous.
Go on.
You sure?
At least there was a man called the Frog.
He's probably dead.
With a name like that, he's better off.
That did it.
Oh, come on.
I'm only teasing.
How'd he die?
You opened that pretty mouth once
again, and I'm My lips are sealed.
He's probably at the bottom of the river, and a small-time
assassin by the name of Nestor probably put him there.
I was supposed to meet the Frog tonight,
and when he didn't show up, I went to his
apartment and found Nestor tearing it apart.
That was Nestor's cue to try and tear me apart.
Oh, I
The Frog's been Swink's leg man, in
the rackets for about five or six years.
It's a small-time flunky with a dozen arrests.
Now Swink's worried, surprisingly worried,
for a man like Swink.
He's looking for something.
I don't know what it is, but he thinks maybe I do.
He knows that I was to meet the Frog, and
he also knows that I went to his apartment.
I'll get it.
You'll get nothing.
You stay put.
Who is it?
Jacoby.
Hi, Edie.
Hi.
I dropped by Mother's.
How is she?
Lucky, just a bruise.
How are you?
I got fat fists.
I asked Mother if she wanted to prefer charges.
That'll only get you swinked for a short visit.
Well, Mother suggested that you do it.
Leave him alone.
I've got a hunch you might get him for keeps.
You want a drink?
Yeah.
But I'll have a cup of coffee if you got it made.
We found the Frog in the river.
Knifed.
Anything else?
Yeah.
Just this.
A few odds and ends and an insurance policy for $10,000.
Who's the beneficiary?
Loretta Gimps.
Loretta who?
Gimps.
How about these names?
Did you talk to her?
The only thing Loretta ever told a cop is
where to go and what to do.
Maybe she'll talk to me.
I thought she might.
Thanks.
Want us to drop you off?
No, I'll just curl up on the couch with the ice pack.
Drop in again.
See you later.
Loretta?
What do you want?
How are you?
I'm not very well.
What's wrong?
None of your business.
Have you seen the frog?
You get out of here, Pete.
He was supposed to beat me tonight.
Yeah, I know.
Now do like I told you.
Turn around and walk.
So what?
He's named you his beneficiary.
That's worth $10,000.
You don't think I killed him.
I didn't even say he was dead.
You know darn well he's dead.
Get out of here, Pete.
I'm expecting someone.
Swank?
Frog wasn't much.
You know what he was, Pete?
Maybe just a little bit better than nothing.
But sometimes he'd show up with a jug and
We'd get plastered and laugh and talk and
believe each other.
We didn't have nobody else.
One night we was sitting around here half-gassed and
listening to the music and he said, Loretta, you old beast.
I like you.
Kidding, I really like you.
And he meant it, Pete, you could see.
What's Swink looking for?
What's in the book?
Ten years.
Deals, contacts, facts and figures.
Five years ago the frog told me that sooner or later
Swink was gonna get unhappy and order him killed.
When that happened, the frog told me the
frog figured this was gonna save his neck.
Well, it happened and didn't save his neck, did it?
Well, that explains a lot of things.
Swink ordered him killed before he knew about the book.
Nestor got to him before they could stop it.
If he knows you have that I hope he does.
That won't get you, Swink.
He'll send in more boys and you've got bullets for.
May take me a little while to do something with this.
You better hurry.
They'll still come.
Fine.
I can't leave you here.
You got no choice.
Beat it or give me back that book.
Go on, Pete.
Couldn't leave if I wanted to.
Gotta feed the cats.
That's pretty foolish.
And don't come back.
Unless you bring a jug.
Hold it.
Take him out.
He was in seeing Loretta.
Has he got it?
You know, Mr. Lilly, I'm not the least bit
unhappy with you anymore.
Max, take care of the old lady.
What about Gunn?
You can take care of it, Mr. Lilly, down by the water.
I can handle it.
Move.
Put your hands behind your back.
You're gonna get it right in the gut.
Ah, you swink, you pig!
You're gonna get it right in the gut.
Greta!
Look out, Pete!
Dirty pigs!
© BF-WATCH TV 2021 Hold it.
Here.
Pete?
Oh, you little doll.
Want him?
Where'd he come from?
Loretta Gimps.
Well, you're pretty skinny.
You want some milk?
Considering his former home, if milk
doesn't work, try a little muscatel.
Evidently, you make out all right with a lovely Loretta.
Yeah.
What about the frog?
What about him?
What'd you find out?
Oh, it's a long story.
Well.
Very satisfactory conclusion.
Not going to tell me about it, huh?
Uh-huh.
Sleep?
Uh-huh.
Oh, it's pretty good.
Oh,
it's a good one.
Oh, yeah.