Peter Gunn (TV 1989)Director:Blake EdwardsWriter:Blake Edwards |
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Peter Gunn (TV 1989)Director:Blake EdwardsWriter:Blake Edwards |
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| Peter Strauss | ... | ||
| Peter Jurasik | ... | ||
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Jennifer Edwards | ... |
Maggie
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| Barbara Williams | ... | ||
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Charles Cioffi | ... |
Tony Amatti
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| Richard Portnow | ... |
Spiros
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Debra Stipe | ... |
Sheila
(as Debra Sandlund)
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| Leo Rossi | ... |
Det. Russo
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| Tony Longo | ... |
Sergeant Holstead
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| Pearl Bailey | ... |
Mother
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| David Rappaport | ... |
Speck
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Andre Rosey Brown | ... |
Bouncer
(as Andre 'Rosey' Brown)
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Jeffrey Alan Chandler | ... |
Abe
(as Jeffrey Allan Chandler)
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| Vito D'Ambrosio | ... |
Futsy
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| Willie Garson | ... |
Rusty
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Everything works here -- expect for the jerks at ABC who refused to pick this up as a weekly series. (This was the pilot.) One of the most stylish TV movies ever made, everyone is at their best: Peter Strauss & Barbara Williams(what a couple they would have made each week!), Jennifer Edwards as the beautifully cooky fill-in secretary, Jurasik as Pete's cop buddy, Mancini's music, and -- of course -- the writing and direction of Blake Edwards. Along with his great portrayal of Dick Diver in the Dennis Potter version of "Tender is the Night"(1985), this is Strauss's best work -- the role he was born to play: smart, stylish, cooly heroic. Looking back now from the era of "men" such as Ben Affleck, Guy Pearce, Ethan Hawke, ad nauseum -- Strauss is more and more the real thing. (As is Williams.) Terrific.