Peter Gunn

    
Peter Gunn was an American private-eye television series that aired from 1958 to 1961. Craig Stevens played the title character, a private investigator who was not, however, a standard hard-boiled detective like Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. Where other gumshoes were often coarse, Gunn was portrayed as the epitome of cool: a sophisticated hipster and a dapper dresser who loved jazz music.

Gunn operated in a nameless waterfront city, and was a regular patron of Mother's, a wharf-side jazz club where his girlfriend Edie Hart (played by Lola Albright) sang. Gunn also associated with Lieutenant Jacoby, a police detective played by the great Herschel Bernardi.

The series is also remembered for its signature music, the Emmy & Grammys award winning Peter Gunn Theme, by Henry Mancini, played there by The Harry Gibbs Orchestra with Henry on piano, Plas Johnson & Jerome Richardson on saxophone, Carl Fontana on trombone, brothers Conte & Pete Candoli on trumpet, et al.

Here are the 75 Peter Gunn episodes I've been able to find on the Internet; they're ca. ½ hour each.

The KillKeep SmilingTerror on the Campus
Streetcar JonesBreakoutThe Wolfe Case
The Vicious DogPay Now Kill LaterHot Money
The Blind PianistSkin DeepSpell of Murder
The FrogFebruary GirlThe Grudge
The Chinese HangmanLove Me To DeathFill the Cup
Lynns BluesThe Family AffairSee No Evil
Rough BuckLady Wind Bells FanSentenced
Image of SallyBullet For A BadgeThe Hunt
Man with the ScarKill From NowhereHollywood Calling
Death House TestamentVendettaSing A Song Of Murder
The TorchThe CoffinThe Long Long Ride
The JockeyThe PortraitThe Deadly Proposition
Sisters Of The FriendlessProtectionThe Murder Clause
The LeaperCrisscrossThe Dummy
The FuseEdge of the KnifeSlight Touch of Homicide
Let's Kill TimothyThe ComicWings of an Angel
Missing Night WatchmanDeath Is A Red RoseDeath Watch
Murder On The MidwayThe Young AssassinsWitness In The Window
Pecos PeteThe Feathered DollThe Best Laid Plans
ScubaKidnapSend A Thief
Edie Finds A CorpseThe RifleThe Semi-Private Eye
The Dirty WordThe GameLetter of the Law
The Ugly FrameThe Price Is MurderThe Crossbow
The Lederer StoryThe BriefcaseThe Heiress

Posted by Vitruvius at 5/12/2011 06:00:00 PM