Look up "cool" in the dictionary and you might get a picture of "Peter Gunn." This show started a wave of private eye/detective shows in the late 50's, "77 Sunset Strip," "Johnny Staccato," "Mike Hammer," "M Squad," and many others. Craig Stevens starred as "Peter Gunn," sort of a lesser Cary Grant -- but solid nonetheless. Lola Albright was a real dish as his squeeze. Throw in Emmy winner Herchel Bernardi as his Lt. pal, Hope Emerson as the 6'2 "Mother," and last, but surely not least, Henry Mancini's... more info
"Blue is Just the Color of the Sea":
Long before Crockett and Tubbs, before Magnum and Dan Tanna, and before Tony Franciosa as Matt Helm or Mike Conners as Mannix, there was Peter Gunn. He was cool. He was the guy every girl wanted and every guy wanted to be like. He lived in a cool world of jazz and bad guys, and girls who needed his help. He had a cool and sexy girlfriend, a little on the sweet side. Some of his friends, like Lt. Jacoby, were squares. It somehow made Gunn even cooler, that you didn't have to be cool yourself to be his... more info
Essence of cool:
Great entertainment from the fifties. Peter Gunn was the cool detective of his day. From the great opening theme to the fine cast of supporting and guest characters, this show is an institution from the golden days of television. In watching these episodes, it is hard to believe that they only run thirty minutes each rather than the hour long dramas we have become accustom to. Drop into Mother's for a nightcap, some cool jazz and good tv.
Peter Gunn:
I was hoping this was going to be a lot cooler than it was. PETER GUNN has a solid reputation, the redoubtable Blake Edwards behind it as creator and, of course, Henry Mancini's justly famous, driving theme song. In this series set you get two disks covering the first 16 half-hour episodes of the show. Anyway, here's what I learned from the first seven-hours (series set number two is in transit, but the mold was cast by episode two, and I don't think it's gonna change much.) PETER GUNN stars actor... more info
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