tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post6555495761187193225..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: He Laughed LastJ. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-87584965304141657952010-12-18T05:09:51.851-08:002010-12-18T05:09:51.851-08:00hanks for this. Doesn't seem to have been repo...hanks for this. Doesn't seem to have been reported here in the UK much. He made some fantastic films but he was the master of comedy with the Pink Panther series. Fabulous and timeless comedy.<br /><br />Thanks for the information on Sunset, sounds a great film and one I've never heard of. So I'm on the look out now!Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12415302188575538163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-18507876220647267752010-12-17T16:29:29.277-08:002010-12-17T16:29:29.277-08:00It's getting a little hard to find, but in my ...It's getting a little hard to find, but in my DVD boxed set THE BLACK BOX, there's a disc called "Shades of Noir" that includes my Mickey Spillane documentary and the complete Brian Keith/Blake Edwards HAMMER pilot.Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-66031609772035445032010-12-17T09:55:33.883-08:002010-12-17T09:55:33.883-08:00Garner is great in 'Sunset' - it's lov...Garner is great in 'Sunset' - it's lovely seeing him pick up the role he'd previously played in 'Hour of the Gun'.<br /><br />Very interesting to hear about Edwards' Spillane pilot. I'd really love to see that! Strange to think that Brian Keith played 'tecs in Spillane AND Ross Macdonald adaptations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-16656410398249623012010-12-17T08:03:34.525-08:002010-12-17T08:03:34.525-08:00Fine write-up, but we would all be remiss if we di...Fine write-up, but we would all be remiss if we did not pay special attention to PETER GUNN, which -- arguably in tandem with 77 SUNSET STRIP -- was responsible for the private eye craze on TV that gave the genre a new lease on life. I am one of the writers as influenced by PETER GUNN and what it spawned on the tube as by the novels of Hammett, Chandler and Spillane.<br /><br />The Spillane connection is major -- Edwards wrote and directed a TV pilot starring Brian Keith that was rejected by the networks over its violence. Not long thereafter, he created the similar, but hipper, GUNN. <br /><br />In regards to his incredible career, let me just say this of Blake Edwards: "I'd like to see the Great Leslie do THAT one!"Max Allan Collinshttp://www.maxallancollins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-22251271147894893162010-12-16T19:19:19.460-08:002010-12-16T19:19:19.460-08:00I love Sunset. Thanks for that.I love Sunset. Thanks for that.Naomi Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005429772070247806noreply@blogger.com