77 Sunset Strip - Season 5

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The Reluctant Spy

1 - The Reluctant Spy

Air Date: October 12, 1962

Stu searches for the reasons behind an old friend's hit-and-run death in Austria.

Leap, My Lovely

2 - Leap, My Lovely

Air Date: October 19, 1962

A con man hypnotizes an actress into jumping out a window, then blackmails a film's producer with threats of doing the same to his leading man.

Terror in a Small Town

3 - Terror in a Small Town

Air Date: October 26, 1962

After a rash of practical jokes at the office, Kookie can't convince his partners that he really has been arrested for a serious crime.

The Raiders

4 - The Raiders

Air Date: November 2, 1962

Stu arrives in the corrupt small town where an old friend is chief of police and with the help of a senaor's wife uncovers a murder and a blackmail scheme.

The Floating Man

5 - The Floating Man

Air Date: November 9, 1962

Jeff becomes a bodyguard for a judge who says that if he's killed, he wants Jeff to find his murderer.

The Catspaw Caper

6 - The Catspaw Caper

Air Date: November 16, 1962

Suzanne and Stu help her Hungarian friend find her mother, who fled the Communists in Budapest.

Wolf, Cried the Blonde

7 - Wolf, Cried the Blonde

Air Date: November 23, 1962

An actress cons the detectives into helping her pull off a publicity stunt, but gets more than she bargained for when a man from her past shows up with his hand out.

The Dark Wood

8 - The Dark Wood

Air Date: November 30, 1962

Stu reunites with an old flame, a recent widow, and investigates her daughter's belief that her father's death was no accident.

Shadow on Your Shoulder

9 - Shadow on Your Shoulder

Air Date: December 7, 1962

Stu teams up with private detectives from Hawaii and French and English police to discover how a pair of criminals steal from their victims and leave them physical wrecks. Folk singers Peter, Paul & Mary perform.

Adventure in San Dede

10 - Adventure in San Dede

Air Date: December 14, 1962

Jeff and J.R. deliver an attache case to Latin American clients.

The Odds on Odette

11 - The Odds on Odette

Air Date: December 21, 1962

An astrologer hires Jeff when he begins receiving threatening phone calls, but Jeff discovers his secretary may be the real target.

The Snow Job Caper

12 - The Snow Job Caper

Air Date: December 28, 1962

Jeff teams up with an insurance adjuster to recover an armored truck's lost shipment.

Falling Stars

13 - Falling Stars

Air Date: January 4, 1963

Stu becomes involved in film society when a suicide, a murder, and subseuqent attempted murders disrupt the entertainment world.

The Tarnished Idol

14 - The Tarnished Idol

Air Date: January 11, 1963

Suzanne finds love when she posses as an heiress to investigate the person who's suing a client.

Scream Softly, Dear

15 - Scream Softly, Dear

Air Date: January 18, 1963

A borrowed car with sabotaged brakes leads to murder, and Kookie's quest to find the killer leads him into a tangle of romantic triangles and blackmail.

Terror in Silence

16 - Terror in Silence

Air Date: January 25, 1963

Stu helps a deaf librarian who ""overheard"" a a death threat in the reading room.

Crashout

17 - Crashout

Air Date: February 1, 1963

Jeff and Roscoe go undercover in prison to help a thief break out, in hopes he'll lead them to his hidden stash. But the man's cronies have their own plans for the escape and the cash.

The Night Was Six Years Long

18 - The Night Was Six Years Long

Air Date: February 8, 1963

The detectives' former secretary walks back in after six years, suffering from amnesia.

Six Feet Under

19 - Six Feet Under

Air Date: February 15, 1963

Gang boss Marco Deederman was reported killed in an automobile accident. But after the funeral, a series of fur and jewels thefts show the unmistakable hand of the old master—while Jeff falls for Deederman's girlfriend.

Escape to Freedom

20 - Escape to Freedom

Air Date: February 22, 1963

Stu is asked to rescue scientist Marie Harben's son, being held hostage by East German Communists to prevent her defecting to the West.

Dial S for Spencer

21 - Dial S for Spencer

Air Date: March 1, 1963

Sandra Keene fears that someone may try to prevent her brother Michael, a skid-row bum, from collecting his inheritance.

Nine to Five

22 - Nine to Five

Air Date: March 8, 1963

Stu is called to New York to find a missing Hollywood wife.

Stranger from the Sea

23 - Stranger from the Sea

Air Date: March 15, 1963

Kookie helps a Japanese friend find his uncle, who vanished with $50,000.

The Man Who Wasn't There

24 - The Man Who Wasn't There

Air Date: March 22, 1963

Jeff investigates a former G.I.'s story of seeing a man who was reported killed in Korea.

Flight 307

25 - Flight 307

Air Date: March 29, 1963

Stu's flight to Hawaii is stalled by a busy airline official trying to cope with a murder, a fleeing thief, a messy love triangle, and a sick pilot in the air.

Target Island

26 - Target Island

Air Date: April 5, 1963

J.R. seaches for his date's missing brother, a sailor.

Reunion at Balboa

27 - Reunion at Balboa

Air Date: April 12, 1963

Kookie and J.R. are on assignment at the beach when a hit-and-run accident injures a girl they've been watching.

Walk Among Tigers

28 - Walk Among Tigers

Air Date: April 19, 1963

Stu finds a trap when he goes to collect the belongings of an industrialist and humanitarian killed in a train wreck.

The Left Field Caper

29 - The Left Field Caper

Air Date: April 26, 1963

An unhappy little boy on a Little League team is the clue to a murder.

The Heartbeat Caper

30 - The Heartbeat Caper

Air Date: May 3, 1963

Visiting professor Stu stumbles across a real mystery while teaching criminology.

To Catch a Mink

31 - To Catch a Mink

Air Date: May 10, 1963

Stu attends a charity auction and spots an old flame—who promptly robs the place.

Lady in the Sun

32 - Lady in the Sun

Air Date: May 17, 1963

Stu goes after a dangerous lady thief who's stolen a realtor's books.

Our Man in Switzerland

33 - Our Man in Switzerland

Air Date: May 24, 1963

Con men take $1 million in securities from under Kookie's nose, and Stu gives chase to restore the firm's reputation.

Your Fortune for a Penny

34 - Your Fortune for a Penny

Air Date: May 31, 1963

A millionaire hires Stu to protect his daughter from her rogue lover, a suspected swindler recently returned to the U.S. from an overseas hideaway.

The Checkmate Caper

35 - The Checkmate Caper

Air Date: June 7, 1963

Stu ends up holding the bag when he's hired to help fake a robbery for the heir to a criminal family.

Never to Have Loved

36 - Never to Have Loved

Air Date: June 14, 1963

An agent hires Stu and Kookie to protect a client from a charismatic director with a Svengali-like hold over her.