Peter Gunn
| Peter Gunn | |
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| Genre | Action/Crime drama |
| Created by | Blake Edwards |
| Written by | Steffi Barrett Tony Barrett Gene L. Coon Blake Edwards George Fass Gertrude Fass Vick Knight P.K. Palmer Lester Pine Lewis Reed |
| Starring |
Craig Stevens Lola Albright Herschel Bernardi Hope Emerson Minerva Urecal |
| Composer(s) | Henry Mancini |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 114 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Blake Edwards Gordon Oliver |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Spartan Productions |
| Distributor |
Official Films CST Entertainment Imaging Peter Rodgers Organization |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC (1958–60) ABC (1960–61) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 22, 1958 – September 18, 1961 |
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and (later) ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The series was created by Blake Edwards (who, on occasion, was also writer and director). Episodes were also directed by Boris Sagal, Robert Gist, Jack Arnold, Lamont Johnson, Robert Altman (for one episode) and several others. A total of 114 thirty-minute episodes were produced by Spartan Productions. Season one was filmed at Universal Studios, while seasons two and three were filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Philip H. Lathrop and William W. Spencer were cinematographers on many episodes. Craig Stevens' wardrobe was tailored by Don Richards and Lola Albright's fashions by Jax.
The series is probably best remembered today for its music, especially the popular "Peter Gunn Theme", which won an Emmy Award and two Grammys for Henry Mancini and subsequently has been performed and recorded by many jazz, rock, and blues musicians. The series was No. 17 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1958–1959 TV season.
The title character, played by Craig Stevens, is a well-dressed private investigator whose hair is always in place and who loves cool jazz. Where other gumshoes might be coarse, Peter Gunn is a sophisticate with expensive tastes. He operates in a nameless, fictional riverfront city and can usually be found at Mother's, a smoky wharfside jazz club that he uses as his "office", often meeting clients there. Pete's standard fee is $1,000. He has a reputation of being one of the best investigators and trustworthy. He sometimes works cases out of the state and on at least one occasion out of country, with one case occurring in Mexico and another involving a tour of Western Europe. Gunn drives a 1958 two-tone DeSoto two door hardtop in the first few episodes of the first season, then a 1959 Plymouth Fury convertible with a white top and a car phone. In the third season Gunn drives a 1961 white Plymouth Fury convertible with a car phone.
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