Shannon's Deal (1989) (TV)

Director:

Lewis Teague

Writer:

John Sayles (writer)

Release Date:

4 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

1 win

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

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Stan Rogow Productions

Quotes:

Wilmer Slade: I'm here to make certain that you honor some of your fiduciary responsibilities.
Jack Shannon: What, you get a dictionary for Christmas? Who sent you? Rodney?
Wilmer Slade: You owe Rodney money, too?
Jack Shannon: I owe everybody money.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Shannon's Deal" (1990)

An excellent show. Don't believe it's 5.8 rating, that's a network stooge conspiracy.

I don't know why Shannon's Deal is rated so low on the IMDb. It was a wonderful show with excellent writing and acting. Jamie Sheridon was born to play this part, or he made it look that way. He was superb as Jack Shannon, and I remember thinking he would was going to be huge, which has yet to happen, unfortunately (yet David Caruso is? Strange how that works). Shannon's Deal gets an IMDb 5.8? Impossible. Anyone that voted this show below an 8 is a liar. They most likely did not even see the show, or they are the bitter and twisted network stooge that pulled the plug on it and are now in a conspiracy to destroy it to cover for the fact that they don't have a human head. That's my theory. I gave it a 10 to help out it's overall score, which is definitely a stretch, but it is an 8 or 9, especially considering the crap that passes for Emmy nods and boffo ratings now days. What is up with John Sayles (writer) career? He is either the most nonchalant writer in Hollywood or the most desperate. He writes and directs some of the most beautiful works ever made, and then he plays Cop #3 in a B movie. What a strange career. Well he did an excellent job with Shannon's Deal. If this is available on DVD it is highly recommended.