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  • Peter Gunn Keep Smiling (Season 1, Episode 26)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 23 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Peter Gunn

Keep Smiling (Season 1, Episode 26)
TV-14
TV Episode | 23 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Murphy game blackmailing trio target lonely male bowlers from out-of-town, murdering an uncooperative one with a bowling ball. After his own tryst in the blackmailers' Poke Street love nest, bowling conclave organizer Woolrich (Jackie ...See moreA Murphy game blackmailing trio target lonely male bowlers from out-of-town, murdering an uncooperative one with a bowling ball. After his own tryst in the blackmailers' Poke Street love nest, bowling conclave organizer Woolrich (Jackie Coogan, Uncle Fester of "The Addams Family") hires Peter Gunn to nab the perps on the down-low. Gunn goes way undercover at Shelly's Manne-Hole, grooving to cool sounds by Shelly Manne & His Men. Drummer Manne's LP riffing on Henry Mancini's music from "Peter Gunn" hit the racks simultaneously with this episode. As a bow-tied hayseed from Springfield, Illinois, Gunn's ripe for picking by the female blackmailer (Mara Corday, a 1958 Playmate of the Month). Written by David Stevens See less
Director
Writers
Blake Edwards (creator) | Lester Pine (teleplay and story) (as Lester Aaron Pine) | Lewis Reed (teleplay)
Producer
Composer
Cinematographer
Philip H. Lathrop (as Philip Lathrop)
Editor
Russell F. Schoengarth (as Russell Schoengarth)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Mar 23, 1959

Release date
Mar 23, 1959 (United States)

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14 cast members
Name Known for
Craig Stevens
Peter Gunn Peter Gunn   See fewer
Herschel Bernardi
Lieutenant Jacoby Lieutenant Jacoby   See fewer
Mara Corday
Emily - Blackmailer Emily - Blackmailer   See fewer
Jackie Coogan
Eric Woolrich Eric Woolrich   See fewer
Bob Hopkins
Petersen - Bowler Petersen - Bowler   See fewer
Mario Gallo
Frank - Blackmailer Frank - Blackmailer   See fewer
David Cross
Phil - Blackmailer Phil - Blackmailer   See fewer
Lillian Bronson
Landlady Landlady   See fewer
Fred Coby
Sam Wallace Sam Wallace   See fewer
Martin Mason
Undercover Officer as Wino Undercover Officer as Wino   See fewer
Walter Kelley
Bartender Bartender   See fewer
Shelly Manne
Combo Musician at Mother's Combo Musician at Mother's   See fewer
Walter Lawrence
Bar Patron (uncredited) Bar Patron (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Stoney
Worker Carrying Sign (uncredited) Worker Carrying Sign (uncredited)   See fewer
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