Peter Gunn: Best of Season 1

I am very happy to have received season one of private eye series "Peter Gunn" (2) This was a lightning-quick delivery (3) This has a great Henry Mancini music score and the show echoes the popularity of the James Bond novels. (4) This is a very good way to spend St. Patrick's Day with pure nostalgia. Many Thanks !

I remember this show mostly because my older brother had the cool Henry Mancini score on an LP. From what I saw on an earlier DVD I bought, it looked like the entire 1st season would be a safe pick. Safe? Yes. Satisfying? Sorta. The formula Blake Edwards follows becomes apparent on Disc One. The prologue is edgy and erupts right into the stylish credits. From there we go to "Mother's", a hip bar where the jazz is cool and the patrons hang onto every note. Very low key. Here we meet Mother, a savvy old broad lovingly played by Hope Emerson. Unfortunately, we also meet Edie (played by Lola Albright), the band's sexy vocalist and love interest. She warbles a song or two while making googoo eyes at Craig Stevens, who's adequate at playing the well-dressed and stone-faced private eye. It's boring, bringing the thrills created in the prologue to a screeching halt. Worse yet, Lola Albright can't sing. She looks great, but her character amounts to nothing more than fancy window dressing. After all this exposition concludes, we're ready to begin again- 8 minutes into the show! There isn't much time left for Lt. Jacobi, a role Herschel Bernardi nailed from the get-go. Although the pacing is flawed and the plots are sometimes thin, it's worth the money to watch an episode every now again. If you want a 50's crime show packed with gritty punch, look for the "M Squad" package starring Lee Marvin.

The Theme song does it for me. I just love it. This is a half hour TV detective show of long ago. It focuses around a night club, the female singer, police detective & a variety of bad guys. The main actor blends well in to the story line he have been put in. It would have been better if the show was an hour instead of half an hour, but half hour shows were the standard at the time. I am surprised that this basic show concept has not been made into an hour show. You have the night club scene, attractive singer girl friend, cooperative police detective & variety of bad guys. But since an hour show similar to Peter Gun does not exist, I suggest you seriously check out this collection of interesting shows.

this 50s detective show wasan early Columbo/Burke's Law

A colorful sci fi thriller as an American hero defeats Ming the merciless

Noirville by the river. Pete and Lola. And THAT Theme!

the stories are silly. but the music. the music is album quality composition on each episode. each episode has it's own soundtrack that's just... outstanding. first rate musicians. first rate performances. just the best

Such an iconic detective show! Its dialogue is as good as anything David Mamet wrote. Created, Produced, Directed and Written by Blake Edwards. It was the first T.V. show to be so popular because of its music. It launched the career of its composer, Henry Mancini.

If you have fond memories of the few good old TV series like this one, you'll like this collection of episodes from Season One of Peter Gunn. Imagine telling an entire story in less than 30 minutes...

I liked all those old TV detectives and even though Peter Gunn was not my favorite I prefer the half hour shows as the hour programs are really only half hour shows with much unnessary fill in.

great price

these are good just steady away

Great dvds but broken box.....an ever increasing problem for both dvd and cd purchases.