Trying to make any sense out of this meaningless crime; kill the hatcheck girl because the headliner is in love where performer is not a singer at all. Pete is sent on a fool's errand, a set up to be cuffed by the murderer who sent him on the mission. The cab driver was an known actor with plenty of legitimate credits, the singer and the hatcheck girl were nothing and Gavin MacLeod, pass. The cast regulars carried this sick story to its conclusion with Herb Vigran and Roy Glenn in acceptable supporting roles. Three seasons composed of 114 episodes from 1958 into 1961 were not all gems but what can be expected with so many in a television year. Craig Stevens pulled this Mancini jewel off assisted with Bernardi and Albright making the noir private detective era a winner for the period of black-and-white.
Review of Peter Gunn
