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Nov 15, 1989 · Jake Spanner, Private Eye: Directed by Lee H. Katzin. With Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, John Mitchum, Richard Yniguez. Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Lee H. Katzin
- 1989-11-15
Jake Spanner, Private Eye is a 1989 American television crime film written and directed by Lee H. Katzin and starring Robert Mitchum and Ernest Borgnine. The supporting cast features Stella Stevens, Sheree North, John Mitchum, James Mitchum, Edie Adams, Terry Moore, Nita Talbot and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
A television movie about two has-been detectives. A private eye is coaxed out of retirement to help rescue the kidnapped granddaughter of a crook he sent to San Quentin 25 years before.
- Lee H. Katzin, Russell Solberg
- Julius Carry Iii
Jake Spanner: Private Eye 1989 1h 37m Crime Drama List Reviews An old private eye (Robert Mitchum) tries to help an old enemy (Ernest Borgnine) get his granddaughter back, but it's a setup.
- Crime, Drama
Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter. But who’s the hood and who’s being hoodwinked?
Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter. But who’s the hood and who’s being hoodwinked?
Nov 4, 2023 · There was even a made-for-TV movie adaptation of The Old Dick, retitled the more polite Jake Spanner, Private Eye, featuring Robert Mitchum as Jake (sounds like good casting to me), and scripted and produced by Andrew Fenady, the guy who brought us The Man With Bogart’s Face.
