Archive of scripts for 56 episodes of "Peter Gunn" (Collection of 57 original screenplays from the 1958-1960 television show)

Robert Altman, Blake Edwards, David O. McDearmon, Lamont Johnson, Robert Ellis Miller, Boris Sagal, Jack Arnold, George Stevens Jr., Alan Crosland Jr. (directors); Lewis Reed, Vick Knight, Ken Kolb, Lester Aaron Pine, P.K. Palmer, Tony Barrett (screenwriters); Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, Herschel Bernardi, Hope Emerson, Minerva Urecal (starring); Henry Mancini (composer)

Published by Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles, 1960

About this Item

Archive of scripts and revision pages for 56 episodes of the detective television series dated variously between 1958 and 1960. Copies belonging to screenwriter Lewis Reed, with his manuscript name on the front wrapper of each episode. 36 scripts contain pink, blue, white, and yellow revision pages, many bound separately and laid in at the rear. Included are screenplays for nearly half of the 114-episode run of the series, starring the sophisticated, sharp-dressed, jazz-loving private eye Peter Gunn, played by Craig Stevens. Probably the only television show to ever rival the best films noir of the big screen, with minimalist dialogue and bleak, open-ended conclusions that challenge even the best of television today. Creator Blake Edwards would use the success of the series to jump start his film career, going on to direct "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) and the "Pink Panther" film series starring Peter Sellers. Noted composer Henry Mancini won an Emmy and two Grammy Awards for the show s well-loved theme song, including the first Grammy ever awarded for Album of the Year. Scripts in Very Good to Near Fine condition. Mimeograph on eye-rest green or white stock.

Seller Inventory # 136893

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Archive of scripts for 56 episodes of "Peter Gunn" (Collection of 57 original screenplays from the 1958-1960 television show)
• Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox, Los Angeles
• Publication Date: 1960
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Television
  • Television Scripts
  • Film Noir
  • Film Scripts