 Mancini also had an uncredited performance as a pianist in the 1967 movie "Gunn", the movie version of the series "Peter Gunn", the score of which was composed by Mancini.In the 1966 Pink Panther cartoon "Pink, Plunk, Plink", the panther commandeered an orchestra and proceeded to conduct Mancini's theme for the series.At the end, the shot switched to rare live action, and Mancini was seen alone applauding in the audience.