Peter Gunn (1989 TV Movie)

Peter Strauss: Peter Gunn

Quotes 

• Peter Gunn : But if he was working for Amatti, why didn't he shoot Spiros?... If he was my fairy godmother, why didn't he shoot Spiros?

• Lieutenant Jacoby : What's Bernice doing in Crete, anyway?

  Peter Gunn : You'll have to ask Zorba.

  Lieutenant Jacoby : Who's Zorba?

  Peter Gunn : You'll have to ask Bernice.

• Peter Gunn : What's so special about jelly doughnuts?

  Lieutenant Jacoby : ...The jelly.

• Det. Russo : [Pointing to Maggie, who has passed out on the floor]  Huh?

  Peter Gunn : My secretary.

  Det. Russo : I thought Bernice was?

  Peter Gunn : In Crete.

• Det. Russo : Who's she?

  Peter Gunn : My secretary.

  Maggie : Maggie.

  Det. Russo : What happened to Bernice?

  Rusty : In Crete.

  Peter Gunn : Visiting Zorba's parents.

• Peter Gunn : Let's see you sink the sixteen ball.

  Speck : There is no sixteen ball.

  Peter Gunn : [Hands Speck a Twenty]  Well, if you run across one, keep in touch.

• Lieutenant Jacoby : You saw the shooters?

  Peter Gunn : No.

  Lieutenant Jacoby : Then how did you know they were working for Catulis?

  Peter Gunn : A natural assumption.

  Lieutenant Jacoby : You assumed?

  Peter Gunn : Yeah. Wouldn't you?

  Lieutenant Jacoby : Yeah.

• [Peter Gunn mocks his former partner's predictability] 

  Peter Gunn , Lieutenant Jacoby : [in unison]  Where the hell have you been? Don't be a smart-ass.

• [Peter Gunn shoots a man down with his hands cuffed behind him] 

  Lieutenant Jacoby : You couldn't do that again in a million years.

  Peter Gunn : Well, hopefully, I won't have to...