Peter Gunn
The Chinese Hangman
TV Flash files “The Chinese Hangman” as hour 6 of 114 in the TV Flash guide — Peter Gunn (1958–1961) on NBC/ABC, season 1, episode 6, aired 1958-10-27, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E06: listed hour 6 of 114 in the Peter Gunn guide, hour 6 of 38 in season 1. It aired 1958-10-27 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Frog” (S01E05). Next is “Lynn's Blues” (S01E07).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Chinese Hangman sit in the Peter Gunn guide?
S01E06 is listed hour 6 of 114 — hour 6 of 38 in season 1, season 1 episode 6.
When did Peter Gunn S01E06 air?
The Chinese Hangman aired 1958-10-27 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Stevens, Albright's nightclub, and Mancini's theme. The cool is the premise; a couple of cases teach the beat.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Peter Gunn is a cool-jazz private eye, a blonde nightclub, and a Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots. Blake Edwards made crime sound modern. Watch it in 2026 for the walking bass line and the sleek PI aesthetic — style-forward detective television that still looks like a cocktail-napkin sketch of noir.
The bass line enters before the detective does. Peter Gunn (NBC then ABC, 1958–1961), created by Blake Edwards, is a sleek private eye on a jazz-soaked city beat: Craig Stevens in the title, Lola Albright as girlfriend-singer Edie Hart, Herschel Bernardi as police contact Lt. Jacoby, and a Henry Mancini theme that became a major instrumental hit. Style-forward detective television. The walking bass invented a whole aesthetic. One hundred fourteen half-hours in which vibe is not decoration. Vibe is structure.…
Filed against
- Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn
Craig Stevens made Peter Gunn a cool-jazz private eye — blonde nightclub, walking bass, a Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots. Blake Edwards taught 1950s crime to sound modern. TV Flash files him as style-forward detective…
- Lola Albright as Edie Hart
Lola Albright sang the night shift as Edie Hart on Peter Gunn — blonde nightclub weather for a cool-jazz private eye, Blake Edwards crime, and a Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots. Style-forward detective television. TV Flash…
- Herschel Bernardi as Lt. Jacoby
Herschel Bernardi's Lt. Jacoby kept Peter Gunn on the official side of the bass line — cool-jazz private eye, a blonde nightclub, Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots, Blake Edwards making crime sound modern. TV Flash files him as…