Peter Gunn (TV Series) The Wolfe Case (1959) User Reviews

Average, but with the Usual Stylishness

[dougdoepke · 23 May 2014]

Grabber of a hook when the shapely girl steps out of the shower. No guy is going to switch channels at that moment. On the whole, it's an average entry, which means the visuals remain stylish even though the storyline's fairly conventional. Pete's hired to keep a wife (Crane) from being murdered by her husband (Graff) now that the husband's taken up with another woman. But of course things are not always as they seem, especially when gangster Eddie Winkler (Pine) steps into the picture. Good acting from the cast, but without the exotics the series was noted for. Well, except maybe for Bill Hickman as the leering thug. On the other hand, Edie (Albright) gets to warble a tune, while Pete looks on admiringly. What a perfect piece of casting Craig Stevens was as the super-slick PI.

The Wolfe Case

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 8 November 2022]

Edna Wolfe (Norma Crane) is the wife of a well known lawyer. George Wolfe is an older man who might be having an affair.

Edna is concerned that her husband might be trying to get rid of her so he can be with his mistress. She calls on Peter Gunn.

Only thing is that it is mistress who is gunned down. George is accused of murder but he claims that he has been framed.

Complicating matters, Edna Wolfe might be carrying on with a two bit gangster.

This is very much a run of a mill conventional set up. Peter Gunn bothers Jacoby at all hours. Someone holds Gunn at gunpoint, once in his car.

There is a good vindictive performance from Norma Crane who lashes out like a wolf when cornered.