Spenser For Hire - the Movie Collection (1994) Review

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(More customer reviews)Perhaps the signature role in Robert Urich's too short career. Spenser, with an 's' like the poet, was a tough talking Private Eye in Boston. He likes to cook, and he loves Susan Silverman. He garners help on a regular basis from Hawk, a former mob enforcer who respects what Spenser stands for.
The first two of these movies are decent enough. They capture some of the flavor of the TV show. Although the production moved from Boston to Toronto to cut costs. Also in a cost-cutting measure, they replaced the series' Susan (Barbara Stock) with Barbara Williams and later Wendy Crewson. (A move that Urich admitted was a bad one.) ABC produced the first two movies after cancelling the series. The latter two were produced for Lifetime Television.
Robert B. Parker, who penned the novels on which the series was based, co-wrote the first two of these movies with his wife. The quality of the first two scripts notwithstanding, the productions suffered from the move to Toronto. While it is a beautiful city, it doesn't have the same feel as Beantown.
The latter two cable movies are a hollow shell of what made the show great. It's basically a cut-and-paste job.
That having been said, I would guess that Warner Bros. is keeping a close eye on the sales of this set to decide if they'll release the great series on DVD. So, if you want to see the real "Spenser: For Hire" you'll have to go through here to get it.

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For The First Time Ever The Four Top-Rated SPENSER Movies In One Explosive CollectionFollowing the surprise cancellation of the hit series Spenser: For Hire, ABC produced four full-length movies starring the late Robert Urich as the wisecracking-but-deadly Boston detective. Avery Brooks (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) co-stars as ‘Hawk' in these television events based on the best-selling books by Robert B. Parker that The New York Times calls "one of the great series in the history of the American detective story." SPENSER: CEREMONY Starring Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Williams Screenplay by Robert P. Parker & Joan H. ParkerWhen a 16-year-old girl disappears into Boston's sleazy underbelly, Spenser and Hawk pull the trigger on a teen pornography ring that leads to a shocking final twist. SPENSER: PALE KINGS AND PRINCES Starring Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Williams, Alex Carter (CSI), Matthew Ferguson (La Femme Nikita) Screenplay by Robert P. Parker & Joan H. ParkerSpenser, his ‘lady shrink' girlfriend Susan Silverman, and Hawk investigate a brutal murder in a quaint New England town where snow falls in kilo packages. SPENSER: THE JUDAS GOAT Starring Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Wendy Crewson (24, AIR FORCE ONE)Spenser is hired out-of-town and may be out of his league when a terrorist group with a taste for car bombs targets a controversial African leader. SPENSER: A SAVAGE PLACE Starring Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Cynthia Dale, Wendy Crewson A TV news cameraman is found murdered, and Spencer is hired by an old flame to investigate a movie producer who may be shooting more than film.

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