Spenser For Hire - the Movie Collection

Starring:Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Cynthia Dale, Ross Petty, Hayley Tyson, Wendy Crewson, Richard Fitzpatrick, Tyrone Benskin, Michael Ricupero, Daniel Parker, Neil Crone, Douglas Miller, Jerry Levitan, Tom Kneebone, Lisa Hutchinson, David Spooner, Esther Arbeid, Todd Schroeder, Diana Platts, Paul Gordon (XIII)
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan, Andrew Wild, Paul Lynch
Studio: Rykodisc
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

Following the surprise cancellation of the hit series Spenser: For Hire, ABC produces 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 top-rated 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.

System Requirements:
Running Time: 364 Mins

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Spenser for Hire - the movie collection.......2007-06-27

If you renember the Spenser for Hire television series, you will truly enjoy this colleciton of four full length movies. Spenser and Hawk are great and set the tone for exciting stories. This is a must for suspense and mystery buffs, with some humor thrown in.

Robert Urich is Great!!.......2007-04-12

My friends & I are longtime fans of Robert. We have a group on Yahoo groups that are the original group from Robert's website when he had one. We have video recorded most of the entire series on tv from start to very last episode. Our video tapes are wearing out. We need the entire series on DVD. There "is" a market for this series and millions of Robert Urich fans everywhere, worldwide. We miss him very much. We have even met him in person on several public viewing occasions. Very nice and generous man. We are glad to have these shows avail on DVD, and want more on dvd!

Robert Urich projected a honorable, believable, tough and warmhearted private investigator. His truth and warmth shown through in his performances. He is also very handsome and sexy in this series. He's at a good age here. Cute and tough and honorable.

Great for all Robert Urich, and Spenser fans. That's Spenser with a "S"!!.

SoozRowan.

Spencer For Hire.......2007-03-21

This was the first time I had seen any Spencer movies, as I got these for my husband as a birthday present. We thoroughly enjoyed them. I loved all of the actors especially Hawk, and Susan complimented Spencer. I have been told Spencer had a television series, well if the movieis are an indication of this great acting talent I sincerely hope the series comes out on DVD.

Spenser For Hire.......2007-03-09

Really enjoyable, though not enough available, only 4 titles. Please make more available.

Weak Lifetime movies undercut great 80's TV series.......2007-03-05

Having finally been able to re-watch several episodes of the original 80's TV series on AOL Video, there is no comparison. These movies draw on some of the weakest material in Robert B. Parker's books; the characters are shells of their former selves.

Certainly one of things missing, as pointed out in previous posts, is the city of Boston. It is a character in the novels and was made so during the 80's series. Vancouver is a poor substitute.

Gone is the sexual tension between Spenser and Susan, along with the introspective chats - a big part of the novels. These movies feel like a Perry Mason movie; all that is important is the resolution of the mystery. And the mysteries are not very interesting.

I bought the set to show support for the release of the series on DVD; I don't believe much more should be expected from this collection.

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