Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Vic Sarin

Writers (WGA):

Robert B. Parker (character)
Robert B. Parker (written by) ...
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Release Date:

2 January 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

When one of Susan's former patients, a news reporter, turns up dead on the outskirts of Wheaton, the cocaine capitol of Massachusetts...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Robert Urich	...	Spenser
Avery Brooks	...	Hawk
Sonja Smits	...	Carolyn Rogers
J. Winston Carroll
Matthew Ferguson
Barbara Williams	...	Susan Silverman
Beatriz Pizano	...	Juanita
Maurice Dean Wint	...	Esteva
Ken James	...	Bailey Rogers
Alex Carter	...	Lundquist
Daniel Parker	...	Spike
Yvonne Moore	...	Overcoat Cop
Derek Keurvorst	...	Tweed
Elizabeth Shepherd	...	Kingsley
Natalia Jasen	...	Virgie
Patrick Patterson	...	Wally
David Calderisi	...	Captain Henry
Tim MacMenamin	...	Second Man
Matt Birman	...	Red Mackinaw
Lawrence Bayne	...	Dave
Shay Garner	...	Norse
Anita LaSelva	...	Emmy (as Anita La Selva)
Ray Paisley	...	Ray
Paul Noiles	...	Guard

Directed by
Vic Sarin

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert B. Parker		(character)
Robert B. Parker		(written by) and
Joan H. Parker		(written by)

Produced by
Michael J. Maschio	....	producer
Joan H. Parker	....	coordinating producer
Bob Rubin	....	co-executive producer
Ray Sager	....	producer
Bill Siegler	....	co-executive producer
Peter R. Simpson	....	executive producer
Fred B. Tarter	....	executive producer
Robert Urich	....	co-executive producer
Alan Wagner	....	executive producer
Susan M. Wagner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Paul Zaza		(as Paul J. Zaza)

Cinematography by
Vic Sarin

Film Editing by
Ron Wisman

Casting by
Lucinda Sill

Production Design by
Jo-Ann Chorney

Set Decoration by
Jasna Stefanovic

Costume Design by
Ruth Secord

Makeup Department
Marie Nardella	....	makeup artist
Leon Van Dyk	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Joseph E. Foley	....	unit production manager: Boston (as Joe Foley)
Alice O'Neil	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael J. Bowman	....	third assistant director
Paula Brody	....	assistant director: Boston
Jill Compton	....	second assistant director
Frank Siracusa	....	first assistant director
Samantha Snidal	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Gordon Barnes	....	first assistant art director
Robert J. Lewis	....	storyboard illustrator
Jim Murrin	....	property master

Sound Department
Mark Beck	....	sound editor
John Gare	....	sound re-recording mixer
Catherine Hutton	....	dialogue editor
Colin Jones	....	boom operator
Tom Mather	....	sound recordist (as Thomas Mather)
Phil Rodrigues	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunt double
Randy Butcher	....	stunts
Rick Forsayeth	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Lucescu	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Cynthia Barlow	....	key grip
John Dyer	....	camera operator
David McNichol	....	gaffer (as David McNicoll)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Diana Irwin	....	key costumer
Robyn Rosenberg	....	key costumer (as Robyn Rosenberg-Levy)

Editorial Department
Stephen Humble	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Chris Radley Walters	....	transportation coordinator (as Christopher Radley-Walters)
Erwin Roithmeier	....	picture vehicle coordinator

Other crew
Dorothy Aufiero	....	production coordinator: Boston
Derek Brady	....	location scout
Maribeth Daley	....	production secretary
Karen Gnat	....	coordinator: Ultra Entertainment
Alexandra MacKenzie	....	production coordinator
Susan Marucci	....	script supervisor
Roberta Mayer	....	production accountant
David Normand	....	location manager: Boston
Karen Perez	....	assistant location manager
Melissa Pinkus	....	location manager
Ann-Cathrin Schmidt	....	production coordinator: Boston
Elizabeth Wagner	....	production coordinator: Boston
Susan M. Wagner	....	executive consultant (as Susan Wagner)

Production Companies

• Boardwalk Entertainment
• Norstar Entertainment
• Ultra Entertainment

Distributors

• Lifetime Television (1994) (USA) (TV)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Paris, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Boardwalk Entertainment

Quotes:

Felipe Esteva: Do you know who I am?
Spenser: Ricardo Montalban? I loved you in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Movie Connections:

References Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

The best of the "Lifetime" Spenser Movies

This is a remarkably faithful adaptation of Robert B. Parker's novel. Most of the changes -- Susan's personal involvement in the case -- simply help better convey Parker's writing on-screen.

Some changes are to be regretted: A nice sequence of the novel in which Spenser follows a lead and steals something of the Bad Guy's is given to Hawk, and happens off-screen. A character who's just plain dumb in the novel is retarded in the movie, necessitating a change in his fate that seriously damages the structure of the last act.

But nobody's ever done Parker's dialogue justice the way the late Robert Urich did, and, Mr. Parker's claims to the contrary, he was the perfect Spenser, and playing in a script adapted by Parker from his own novel, and filmed in locations that _looked_ like Massachusetts, this is as close as we've come yet to seeing a Robert B. Parker novel on-screen.