GUNN - "Gunn, Peter Gunn!" (1967)

I've got a real Saturday Night Special for you this evening, and this "Gunn" is loaded!

I love the "Peter Gunn" television series, and this movie made on the popularity of that show doesn't fail to deliver the goods.

Here's a Pop Art shot from the opening credits. "Gunn" was written, directed and produced by Blake Edwards. Blake was also the creator of the original "Peter Gunn" TV series, and of course will always be remembered as the man who created "The Pink Panther."

If this was a real Coast Guard boat instead of a floating gang of killers, we'd have no story!

Here's the lucky couple who won the murder lottery! 

The guy once saved Peter Gunn's life, so Pete feels it's his duty to try and find out who was responsible. Every good detective needs a foil or comrade and for Peter Gunn it's Edward (Lou Grant) Asner as Police Lieutenant Jacoby. Ed Asner has an amazing 396 credits to his name, and at 91 years old has got a number of TV shows and movies in production for 2020. Way to go Ed!

Peter Gunn is played by the always entertaining Craig Stevens.

Besides being Peter Gunn for 114 episodes, a couple of other fun things Craig was in were "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and "The Deadly Mantis."

All the beautiful women want him, but Pete's best girl Is Laura (Chamber of Horrors) Devon as torch singer Edie! 

Laura was also Ellwyn Glover in "The Twilight Zone" episode called "Jess-Belle," but she was never on the "Peter Gunn" TV show.

"Gunn" is just Fun and full of colorful places and people like this cool club on the water called The Ark.

Since it's called The Ark, it's filled with twos of beautiful women from all over the world!

"Gunn" is very sexy movie, but it's not dirty!

There's lots of neat shots from odd angles like this!

A lot of people get killed in gruesome ways, but "Gunn" is never overly violent or gross!

"Gunn's" got a realness factor to it, like how often do you see the hero of a show yawning?

They've been running Pete through the ringer and he's tired!

All you "Star Trek" fans will appreciate the appearance of the adorable Sherry Jackson as Samantha, one of the gals pursuing Pete!

Sherry Jackson started acting at the age of 6 in 1949. Sherry's still alive today, but you can't blame her for quitting in 1982 after 102 credits.

133 episodes of "The Danny Kaye Show," appearances on "Lost In Space," and "Batman," Andrea on "Star Trek," and she was Comfort Gatewood on "The Twilight Zone" episode called "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank."

Here's two completely different looks at Pete in his bachelor pad kitchen!

This one with Samantha..........

........And this one with a very relaxed Lieutenant Jacoby, and Pete in his robe!

Here's another fun bar we all need to go to sometime, The Monkey Farm!

As expected, The Monkey Farm is a zoo, and this hipster thug tries very unsuccessfully to get in Pete's face!

These two mobsters beat Peter down in a novel kind of way, they back him up against the wall and pound him with racquetballs!

You got to have balls to shoot in a roomful of mirrors!

It's kind of difficult to see what exactly is going on here, and I don't want to spoil the ending, but this is a really bad dude getting tossed through a plate glass window by Peter Gunn!

It just looks cool, and boy did he deserve it!

The music in "Gunn" is bonus material all the way written by Henry Mancini, and the club at the end features the rock band The Gordian Knot!

The song performed in the movie is titled "If Only I Could Fly," and was later on The Gordian Knot's only LP, this self-titled 'soft-psych' record in 1968.

Before it's all over, another beauty Carol Wayne introduces herself to Peter!

Carol was very popular as she appeared regularly on "The Johnny Carson Show" in skits with Johnny. She did a nude pictorial in the February 1984 issue of Playboy magazine, and sadly drowned mysteriously the following year in a case that has never been solved.

It's not the greatest copy in the world, but "Gunn" is a good enough movie that you almost don't care, so just in case if you want to see for yourself, and I suggest you do, then here you go!
 If you don't want to watch the movie, at least do yourself a favor and
Listen To The Killer Soundtrack!

NARCOTIC / One Night of Bliss... A Thousand Nights of Hell..! - 1933

An opening scroll tells us that NARCOTIC was "presented in the hope that the public may become aware of the terrific struggle to rid the world of drug addiction." The movie is nothing but a salacious look into a world of sordid pleasures. It tells the story of Dr. William G. Davies, an infamous snake-oil salesman who started his career as a promising medical student. But. after a single night of relaxation in a Chinatown opium den, Davies becomes addicted to drugs, and soon thereafter, his medical practice deteriorates...

This Dwain (MANIAC) Esper production stars Harry (ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR/ HYDE) Cording, Joan (HYPNOTIZED) Dix, Patricia (KING OF THE JUNGLE) Farley, Jean (GUILTY PARENTS) Lacy and J. Stuart (MARCH OF THE MOVIES) Blackton Jr.

Here's Dr. Davis, he's talking with his Asian friend, Gee Wu, who is an opium smoker. Dr. Davis is fascinated with Wu's tales of the benefits of doing drugs...

Davis recalls an incident as a medical student where he cut the baby out of the mother's stomach to save it after she was killed by an out of control automobile... That top still looks like the guy's piloting some kind of alien spaceship!

Look at that, some medical dude from a Daffy Duck cartoon!!

So, Dr. Davis and a pal spend a blissful night in an opium den, it's the beginning of the end!

Davis feels like a superman now, he can conquer the world, no prob!!

This taxi driver is nearly crazy , he needs his fix... It hits him so hard that he has no idea what he's doing, including running straight into an oncoming train! It amazes me what filmmakers could get away with back in the day!

At the local side show, Dr. Davis pushes his miracle cure, which is nothing more than tiger fat. He gets paid by the cashier after his act is complete.

Now it's time to party!!.. The host brings out an assortment of drugs so that the guests can choose their own preference. Yeah, well... Just pass me a joint.

This gal likes to snort and shoot up, bringing out her sexy side, what else?!

At the end of the session, a gong sounds, time to go home! Mrs. Davis automatically gets paranoid... The next morning at their apartment, Davis can't find his money, so, gets wifey out of bed, and because she doesn't know where the money is, he rips her dress off and leaves the place in a huff.

A year later or so, Davis has a visitor. Davis explains how drugs has helped him see into the future! And, he's told that if he could see into the future, he would have known that drugs would destroy his life!

The horrible truth sets in...

Now, there's only one way to square things up!.. Remember kids, don't use drugs, or...... Tune in tomorrow when Eegah!! will try and entertain the troops, here, at The Dungeon!

MILICENT PATRICK / Creator of Classic Fifties Universal Movie Monsters!

It's time to pay some respect to artist Milicent Patrick, she worked at Universal Studios in the fifties and was the amazing creator of three of their classic monsters!!... You go girl! Milicent was a commercial artist, fashion designer and illustrator of children's books when she was not acting in feature roles and television, she accumulated 28 acting credits including roles in WESTWARD THE WOMEN, WE'RE NOT MARRIED!, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET CAPTAIN KIDD, MAN WITHOUT A STAR, LUST FOR LIFE and THE PINK JUNGLE. She went steady with actor George Tobias for forty years, until his death in 1977!

First up is her Xenomorph from IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE in 1953, undoubtedly a real shocker when it showed up on the screen for the audiences that were lucky enough to see it originally in freakin' 3-D!!

Also in 1953, she designed the great monster mask for ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Her design seems to be the model for the masks used in TARANTULA! and MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS.

Then in 1954, Milicent designs her most famous creation, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, which appears in a whopping three movies! Secondly, it gets its revenge, then thirdly, it walks among us! Behold!.. THE CREATURE!!

Wow, what an imagination Milicent had, really amazing concepts! In 1955, she designs the Metaluna Mutant that tormented Faith Domergue in THIS ISLAND EARTH. In my sophomore year in high school, I painted a Mutant head for an art show! I wonder what people thought when they saw it...

Here she is on the set touching up the Creature before its big scene.

Here she is at her art table with her creations surrounding her...

She got to hang out with people like Kirk Douglas while doing her illustrations!

We'll end with this photo, hey, Milicent loves monsters too!!.. Eegah!! warned me about Wednesday's post, I certainly wouldn't want to miss that one!