Shannon's Deal (TV 1989)

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writer:

John Sayles

Stars:

Jamey Sheridan, Elizabeth Peña, Martin Ferrero

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jamey Sheridan	...	Jack Shannon
Elizabeth Peña	...	Lucy Acosta
Martin Ferrero	...	Lou Gandolf
Jenny Lewis	...	Neala Shannon
Richard Edson	...	Wilmer Slade
Alberta Watson	...	Terry Lomax
Earlene Davis	...	Mrs. Ferrero
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Andreozzi	...	Bill (one of the Card Players)
Carla Belver	...	Hazel
Robert Bendall
Michael Bowen	...	Scotty Powell
Ron Chabidon	...	Harbour Police
Claudia Christian	...	Molly Temple
Burton Collins	...	Mark
Augusta Dabney

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 June 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le coup de Shannon

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stan Rogow Productions, NBC Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Lucy Acosta: They got my boyfriend in jail for something he didn't do.
Jack Shannon: You have any money?
Lucy Acosta: That's what all the other ones said.
Jack Shannon: Well, you put "boyfriend" and "jail" together in the same sentence like that, it's a pretty typical response.

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Connections

Followed by Shannon's Deal (1990)

User Reviews

Reason number 324 why networks should be smashed into a million pieces and scattered to the winds

I remember seeing this show when I was a kid. I was just starting to get into books written by Nelson Algren and the films of Martin Scorsese. This show really reminded of those great storytellers. And since I was living in Chicago at the time, I could really relate to the gritty urban environment and the hard boiled but sympathetic characters. I was disappointed as hell when they cancelled it after something like 10 episodes. It was the first of a long string of series that I fell in love with only to have them yanked by the bloated, greedy, scum-sucking networks ("EZ Streets" and "Under Suspicion" among many others). If you can find the pilot episode on video(written by the great John Sayles) I encourage you to see it. Then you could see what American TV could be like if it wasn't under the tyranny of the networks.