People are voting emotionally.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

A lot of fun.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Peter Gunn, the TV series, ran three television seasons, 1958 – 1961, a total of 114 episodes, 38 episodes per season, a thirty-minute drama televised once a week, beginning in the fall of 1958, Season 1, Episode 1, was September 22, 1958. The series ran until the last episode televised was on September 18, 1961. The star was Craig Stevens, appearing in all 114 episodes, and co-starring in primary recurring roles included Herschel Bernardi as Lt. Jacoby, 102 episodes, and Lola Albright as Edie Hart, 84 episodes. Other recurring roles were offered by Bill Chadney as Emmett (piano player at Mother's), with 42 episodes and two actresses in the same role, a total of 45 episodes, between Hope Emerson, 27 episodes, and Minerva Urecal, 18 episodes. A definitive, collaborate effort making the series a success was from Henri Mancini's Grammy Award winning music for the entire series, with the piano played by the future award-winning John Williams. Series creator and producer was Blake Edwards where Blake also wrote and directed episodes throughout the series. Blake cut his teeth on Peter Gunn and certainly went on to success in films and television. The Peter Gunn drama was set in a non-specified city, usually at night, with a private investigator searching for and bringing the perpetrator(s) to a justifiable end, often with a late assist, sometimes timely assist, of a certain police lieutenant Jacoby. The scenes included a stop at the quaint waterfront nightclub named Mother's, that included a songstress Edie, who had a mutual attraction to our Peter Gunn. The title character's portrayal would have been given a thumbs-up by the definition of cool, Steve McQueen. Craig Stevens played the lead role superbly each week, working with whatever script he was handed, and for late fifties television in a half an hour setting, well done Mr. Stevens. The jazz music setting with professional recurring character roles played quite well by the chosen actors and actresses made the series work for its 114 episodes. The viewer has to pay attention from the start since there are no introductory credits, a brief prologue, then with Mancini's theme music, the screen reads "Peter Gunn starring Craig Stevens" then jumping right into the action and usually there were no wasteful scenes throughout each weekly episode. Essential scenes could be in Jacoby's office, Mother's nightclub, but the primary scenery is at or near the action with the perpetrators. Each week you could have a few different roles from a variety of central casting's thespians. Of course, these other roles were usually the bad guys including some innocent characters, wrong place, wrong time. The viewer didn't know some parts were being played by what would come to be up and comers. With so many episodes per season, it left the field open to some actors that would go onto starring roles, although many continued to make a living by going wherever they were called.

How many TV themes from 1958 can be instantly recalled and hummed by today's teenagers? This is the only one I know of. Not only is Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn Theme a jazz masterpiece, his (hot, cool, and sometimes even ethereal) jazz scores for the show are still as gripping as they were when they were composed and recorded - over half a century ago. Combine that with producer/creator Blake Edwards at his up-and-coming very best, big-screen quality cinematography, routinely spectacular stunt work, and just the right cast - and you've got an enduring treasure of a TV series. Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn is several notches smoother than James Bond - but also willing to tangle with anyone and also willing to take his licks. Pete wins some and he loses some. but he's always ready to slug it out with the best of them. Stevens is as athletic as any actor around and, supported by the best brawling stunt men you've ever seen, the fights are as real as you're ever going to get. And on this show violence doesn't just appear - it EXPLODES out of nowhere! With some classics of this era, people still debate whether they're truly "noir" or not. There's no debate here - Edwards gives us noir of a purity seldom seen anywhere else. Quirky character portrayals bring dark urban sets to life - alluring temptresses linger everywhere - and without any inclination to hide their sensuality. Pete, the tenacious, hard-nosed foe for low-lifes and gangsters - is a suave, lusty, gentleman playboy with the ladies. Oh, but for Pete, nightclub singer Edie Hart is special. Pete may earn his living competing in the testosterone driven world of the big-city private detective ... but it's a whole different scene when he slips into "Mother's" place where Edie sings every night. There he's welcomed by "Mother" herself and - wow - "Mother" has no problem with what Pete and Edie are up to! Pete moves effortlessly from the macho world of the mean streets to the warm, female environment of "Mother's place". The dynamic is classic and the transition palpable. The technical quality is always superb. You'll not only see close, intense, intimate scenes - you'll see large scale exterior sets that would normally take half a day for a top cinematographer to light so exquisitely. Yet even with the extra limitations of shooting for the limited contrast range of black and white television, these amazing setups have been created somehow at TV production pace, on a TV budget. The atmosphere is delicious - the sensuality omnipresent - the action stunning. This show was way ahead of its time and, as you might guess, the outcries of "too hot for TV" were loud and many. But fortunately "PETER GUNN" delivers several seasons of stunning, delicious, unforgettable period noir drama we can treasure forever.

Great music, clipped noir dialogue right out of Dashiell Hammett, solid plots (mostly), black actors when no one was using any, and non PC police (shoot first)--the series deserves a modern audience to appreciate early quality TV. What's nice for me is seeing this show on a 65 inch TV and running the sound through a home theater sound system with top JBL speakers. Just sit back and enjoy that Mancini sound track. Yes the sets are minimal but some great actors getting started--James Coburn, Norman Fell, Ted Knight, Gavin MacLeod--just to name a few. Now thanks to Hulu you can stream Gunn right into your home.

although i didn't get to see pete do his thing when the show originally aired from 1958-61 i have thoroughly enjoyed watching the released episodes on homevideo.peter gunn has the smoothest demeanor about the cases he works,but when he gets riled,look out.he can spar with the best of them.i'm sure it helps his image to be dating the pretty night club singer at the local scene called mothers.this way,it doesn't seem like he's just a hood bustin machine,but also a loverboy on the side.henry mancini does wonders for this show with its slick "crime jazz" that sets the tone at the beginning of each episode.i recommend anyone who is into police or detective stories to get into pete if they haven't already.