Robert urich played a great spenser, arguably the greatest role he ever played. Spenser is hired by a real estate developer with gambling problems. Spenser, a private investigator living in boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. For hire tv series 19851988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Starring robert urich, spenser for hire is a mysterysuspense series based on robert parkers spenser novels. Spenser tries to protect a former russian ballerina, when she hires him to help her find stolen papers, but he gets more than he bargained for once he discovers that she is a person of interest to dueling government agents employed by american and russian forces. For hire has been renewed for a third season on abc. This hard hitting release from the classic crime series spenser for hire includes all 22 episodes of the shows first season, following the adventures of private investigator spenser, who solves crimes in the city of boston with help from his awesomely tough sometimes partner hawk. For hire season 3 episode 10 skeletons in the closet. Along the way, spenser s exgirlfriend, susan, returns from san francisco.
This film centers the plot of an exconvict, former boston police officer, whose task is to take down the trinitario drug gang after two boston officers were murdered. A compilation of the best clips of the character hawk from the television show spenser for hire. Spenser often has help from his erstwhile friend hawk and boston pd detective frank belson. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show spenser. See more ideas about avery brooks, classic tv and old tv shows. Mystery and suspense series based on robert parkers spenser novels. For hire lasted for three seasons 19851988 and was followed by four madefortv movies 19931995, all starring robert urich,and avery brooks. Hopefully theyll release season 3 soon which is the final season of this epic tv cop show from the 80s. For hire available to watch, for free, with the free imdb tv channel. For hire and a series of tv movies based on the novels.
Spenser confidential is a 2020 american action comedy film directed by peter berg and with a screenplay by sean okeefe and brian helgeland. Find tv episode dates, watchlists, and tracking information to watch spenser. It is very loosely based on the novel wonderland by ace atkins, and uses the names of. Parkers legendary beantown gumshoewithadifference, spenser. Watching a tv in a seafood shack with his newfound sidekick hawk winston duke, pal henry alan arkin and girlfriend cissy iliza shlesinger, spenser sees a news report about the arrest of a. Spenser for hire dvd series seasons set pristine sales. It was also a great detective series and the only thing i hated about the show was that it only lasted three seasons. In march 2020 he was featured in the netflix thriller film spenser confidential. Cut from a very different cloth than the usual round of tv detectives, spenser s a renaissance man who isnt afraid to mix up a gourmet salad or just mix it up. Spenser is a former boston cop who retired for reasons unknown to me and started his own pi business.
The series, developed for tv by john wilder and starring robe. For the made for tv movies starring joe mantegna, see spenser tv movies. For hire is a mysterysuspense series based on robert parkers spenser novels. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series spenser. Spenser is hired to protect exundercover cop, nick cavanaugh. He is also featured in a television series spenser.
The series, developed for tv by john wilder and starring robert urich, was broadcast on abc from. Mark wahlberg stars with winston duke black panther in this actioncomedy from director peter. Parker, starring his fictional hero spenser no last name given. The twohour pilot movie was an adaptation of the fourth novel in the book series, promised land. Using the privateinvestigator character created by the novelist robert b. For hire add to watchlist based on the novels by robert parker, and starring robert urich, spenser for hire is a show about a private detective who is instrumental in helping the police solve murders on a consistent basis. Spenser and hawk find themselves on opposite sides of the same case. While it is clear in the novel that spenser is the characters last name, this is not made clear in the tv series until episode 03x01.
Robert urich spenser for hire episodes kakatynoiten akyn. For hire lasted for three seasons 19851988 and was followed by four madefor tv movies 19931995, all starring robert urich,and avery brooks. As judge emmett cavanaugh tries to make a deal with crime boss gus harley to safeguard his son and get cavanaughs son, kevin, released from prison, cavanaughs other son, georgie, tries to work his own angle. Cant tell you how long ive been waiting on spenser for hire to come out on dvd. For hire is based on a series of novels by robert b. Spenser, a private investigator living in boston, gets. The series revolves around spenser, a private investigator living in boston. A pair of young thrillkillers target spenser, accidentally shooting a bystander. Hawk is hired by the thief to extort money from the judge. Spenser is hired to retrieve a stolen journal containing information damaging to a judges career.
Spenser is a private detective who is hired by a woman to watch her sister and protect her from an old boyfriend. Parkers private eye spenser a former boston cop and boxer whos as quick with a quip. With robert urich, avery brooks, ron mclarty, richard jaeckel. Season 2 is packed with more exciting heart pounding episodes. He gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode. May 7, 1988 when someone claims to have been the subject of a missingchild search, spenser robert. Airing on abc from 1985 to 1988, the crime drama spenser. The series, developed for tv by john wilder and starring robert urich, was broadcast on abc from september 20, 1985 until may 7, 1988. With his years of experience, his natural talents for observation and reasoning, and the occasional bit of help from his friend hawk, spenser. For hire is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.
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