Peter Gunn (TV Series) See No Evil (1960) User Reviews

A cement mixer could have done a better job

[kapelusznik18 · 6/10 · 1 December 2013]

***SPOILER*** P.I Peter Gunn, Craig Stevens,is asked by his good friend blind newsstand worker Cliffe Thomas, Walter Berke, to hide him out and protect him from escaped from prison hoodlum Al Brenners, Lou Krugman, who together with his sidekick Vic Stringer, John Sabastian, who for reasons nut fully explained have it in for the guy. Gunn in trying to get his client Cliffe out of harms way ends up getting him killed by Brenner's hoods when they track him down to the cheap hotel room he was ,courtesy of Peter Gunn, staying at.

Now with Gunn in the cross-hairs of the Brenners mob he with the help of his policeman friend Let.Jocby played by Herschel "The Bird" Bernardi track down where Brenners is hold up at a sanitarium outside city limits. Gunn as usual screws things up by not waiting for his friend Let. Jocby to show up for back up and ends up being taken hostage by Brenners' hoods and locked up in a padded cell in the sanitarium. It's there were Brenners lets loose this 400 pound what looks like lobotomized gorilla Bruno played by former professional wrestler Tor Johnson, to finish him off.

It at first didn't look good for Peter Gunn with Bruno bouncing him against the padded cell wall like a ping-pong ball but before he could do him in Let. Jocby came to his rescue, with a squad of policemen, and plugged the big guy with an entire load of slugs putting him away for good. Even though Peter Gunn survived his ordeal thanks to his friend Let. Jocoby that his friend he was to protect the blind Cliffe Thomas didn't. As for Brenners who escaped from criminal court with the help of Vic Stringer and ended up killing two cops in the process he's to serve his already 55 years behind bars with a double murder charge added on. Which will shorten his stay behind bars by sending him straight to the electric chair long before his time or sentence is up!

A Goodie

[dougdoepke · 21 September 2017]

How about that great sequence of Pete in a padded cell when somebody or something enters. Scared the heck out of me when we finally get a close-up. Actor Stevens really earned his money here with more bounces than a tennis ball. It's a superior entry. The series didn't get anymore colorful than this. What with the wizened Cliffie (Burke) looking like he's one step from the grave. Good to see the movie vet getting a payday. The plot, or what there is of it, is incidental, mainly an excuse to mix in the riveting characters. I love the red-tape maze through the phone company that a frustrated Pete has to negotiate. Good touches like this also distinguish the series. In that regard catch the flakes of paper on Cliffies' sweater, a logical consequence of his blindness that adds to the character. My only gripe is the absence of babes including Edie. Instead, it's just a bunch of ugly guys--- too bad we don't see more of telephone operator Sue England. Anyhow, it's one of the series best. Meantime, I'm not letting anyone into my padded cell.

See No Evil

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 18 April 2023]

Al Brenners is the ruthless gangster who escapes from custody after he receives a life sentence from the judge. You know he is bad as he needlessly gunned down two cops.

Now he is after blind newsstand man Cliffie. He hires Peter Gunn for protection but Gunn cannot save him. Brenners and his sidekick finish blind Cliffie off.

It is up to Peter Gunn for revenge. However Brenners outsmarts him and Gunn wakes up inside a sanitarium. Soon a big lug enters and is bouncing Gunn off the padded walls.

Maybe some patience would have helped. With Gunn waiting for Lieutenant Jacoby as backup.

There is a nice scary sequence at the sanitarium with Gunn seemingly in real danger. The rest of the story is rather murky.