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John Sayles (writer)
Release Date:
4 June 1989 (USA)
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1 win
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Reason number 324 why networks should be smashed into a million pieces and scattered to the winds
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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 |
 | Claudia Christian | ... | Molly Temple |
| Burton Collins | ... | Mark |
| Augusta Dabney | ||
| Danny Dayton | ... | Pretzel (one of the Card Players) |
 | Bill Dearth | ||
| Jesse Dizon | ... | Russell Yip |
 | Miguel Ferrer | ... | Todd Spurrier |
 | Spencer Garrett | ||
| Stefan Gierasch | ... | Dr. Klaus Heimlicher |
| Robert Gossett | ... | Dover |
| Stanley Grover | ... | Card Player |
| Kevin Peter Hall | ... | Harry (one of the Card Players) |
| Ronald G. Joseph | ... | Lt. Joe Menke |
| Andrew Lowery | ... | Eric Menke |
| Tom McGreevey | (as Thomas McGreevey) | |
| Norman Merrill | ||
| Ely Pouget | ... | Gwen |
 | Frank Sivero | ... | Frank |
| Edgar Small | ||
| Brian Smiar | ... | Cox |
| Eugene Osborne Smith | ... | Records Clerk |
| Steve Sohmer | ... | CIA Official |
| Cynthia Szigeti | ... | Velma (one of the Card Players) |
 | Danny Trejo | ... | Raul Galindez |
 | Eddie Velez | ... | Chuy Vargas |
| Dolly Wheaton | ... | Woman |
| Michael Wren | ... | Coco Mendoza |
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USA:120 min (including commercials)
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Jack Shannon:
What's the story on bail for my client? He's in for fencing, not for mass murder.
Todd Spurrier: I'm just trying to keep the garbage off the streets, Jack.
Jack Shannon: You're trying to run up a bunch of no-contest convictions to make your record look good.
Todd Spurrier: Yeah, right, fine! Have it your way! But Jack, just remember, you work the bottom of the barrel, you get squeezed from the top. You better get used to it.
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Todd Spurrier: I'm just trying to keep the garbage off the streets, Jack.
Jack Shannon: You're trying to run up a bunch of no-contest convictions to make your record look good.
Todd Spurrier: Yeah, right, fine! Have it your way! But Jack, just remember, you work the bottom of the barrel, you get squeezed from the top. You better get used to it.
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Followed by "Shannon's Deal" (1990)
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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.