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Genre | Crime Drama |
Written by | Blake Edwards |
Directed by | Blake Edwards |
Starring | Peter Strauss Peter Jurasik Jennifer Edwards Barbara Williams David Rappaport Pearl Bailey |
Music by | Henry Mancini |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Blake Edwards |
Producers | Tony Adams Michael Dinner |
Production location | Los Angeles |
Cinematography | Arthur R. Botham |
Editor | Robert Pergament |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | New World Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | April 23, 1989 |
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Peter Gunn is a 1989 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Blake Edwards. It was intended as a pilot to relaunch the Peter Gunn franchise starring Peter Strauss in the role of private detective Peter Gunn.
The pilot was aired on ABC on April 23, 1989, but a TV series was not commissioned. The idea of a revival began in 1977 when E. Jack Neuman was approached to write a made-for-TV movie to bring back the original Peter Gunn, Craig Stevens to the role. The project ended because of Blake Edwards' film shooting schedule. Edwards once again announced a TV movie version in 1984 which was intended to star Robert Wagner as Gunn. This eventually became the 1989 TV movie starring Peter Strauss.