P.J.: Directed by John Guillermin. With George Peppard, Raymond Burr, Gayle Hunnicutt, Brock Peters. A down-on-his-luck New York private eye takes a bodyguard job for the death-threatened mistress of a shady millionaire and gets involved in conspiracy and murder.

P.J. (UK re-release title: New Face in Hell) is a 1968 American neo-noir mystery film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard.

Gayle Hunnicutt is astonishingly beautiful as the co-mistress of Burr and Peppard. In smaller roles, Brock Peters is a Caribbean police inspector with enough nobility to be O. W. Wilson, and Susan Saint James is a predatory young lady with her eyes on Peppard.

George Peppard is very amiable as the title character, a down-on-his-luck private detective who'll take just about any paying gig. He is hired by a supremely arrogant fat cat, William Orbison (Raymond Burr), to act as bodyguard for his not-exactly-secret …

Feb 8, 2025 · Private eye P.J. Detweiler (George Peppard) is so down on his luck he is willing to play the lover so an errant wife can be photographed in a motel room. What little he earns goes on paying is debts. So he can hardly down the chance of serious money as bodyguard to Maureen (Gayle Hunnicutt), mistress of rich businessman William Orbison (Raymond ...

As Maureen Prebble, Gayle Hunnicutt provides a convincing performance that cleverly borders between helpless victim and femme fatale. Colleen Gray, who appeared in noirs of the 1940s and 1950s, stands out among the capable supporting cast as the pathetic Betty Orbison.

P.J. is a 1968 film featuring George Peppard as P.J. Detweiler, a private investigator in New York City who is hired to be the bodyguard for Maureen Preble, the mistress of a wealthy and unscrupulous man, William Orbison. The plot unfolds as P.J. becomes entangled in Orbison's dangerous scheme.

Peppard's casting was announced in November 1966. John Guillermin agreed to direct shortly afterwards. In January 1967, Gayle Hunnicutt was cast as the female lead. She made the film under a non exclusive two-picture deal with Universal. Filming started in January 1967.

Dec 17, 2020 · As Maureen Prebble, Gayle Hunnicutt provides a convincing performance that borders between helpless victim and femme fatale; through her expressions during key scenes that she shares with both Peppard and Burr, she makes her character’s eventual revelation quite believable.