Spenser: A Savage Place (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Joseph L. Scanlan

Writers:

Carol Daley (writer)
Donald Martin (writer)
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Genre:

Crime

Plot:

Candy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she investigates...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Based On Novel

Cast

Robert Urich	...	Spenser
Avery Brooks	...	Hawk
Cynthia Dale	...	Candy Sloane
Ross Petty
Hayley Tyson	...	Jessica
Wendy Crewson	...	Susan Silverman
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Sam Felton
Tyrone Benskin	...	Stevenson
Michael Ricupero	...	Franco
Daniel Parker	...	Spike
Neil Crone	...	Craft Service Man
Douglas Kidd	...	Rafferty (as Douglas Miller)
Jerry Levitan	...	Frederics
Tom Kneebone	...	Henri
Lisa Hutchinson	...	Receptionist
David Spooner	...	Teamster
Esther Arbeid	...	Wardrobe Woman
Todd Schroeder	...	Erol Flyn
Diana Platts	...	T.V. Host
Paul Gordon	...	Customer
Robert Racki	...	Trevor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Birman	...	Country Thug (1995)

Directed by
Joseph L. Scanlan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Carol Daley		writer
Donald Martin		writer
Robert B. Parker		novel
Monte Stettin		writer
Nahum Tate		writer

Produced by
Michael J. Maschio	....	producer

Original Music by
Brad MacDonald

Cinematography by
Vic Sarin

Film Editing by
Stephen Lawrence

Casting by
Elizabeth Ritchie
Anne Tait

Production Design by
Seamus Flannery

Set Decoration by
Anna Chester

Costume Design by
Laurie Drew

Makeup Department
Ava Stone	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Elizabeth Young	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
September Death	....	trainee assistant director
Don Granberry	....	first assistant director
Ron Oxley	....	second assistant director
Laura Wood Fawcett	....	third assistant director (as Laura Wood)

Art Department
Norma Rose	....	first assistant art director

Sound Department
Peter Clements	....	sound mixer

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

Stunts
Shelley Cook	....	stunt double
Steve Lucescu	....	utility stunts
Dwayne McLean	....	stunt coordinator
Branko Racki	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Erlichman	....	best boy grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jo Jo Taylor	....	wardrobe supervisor

Other crew
Sarah Willinsky	....	script supervisor
Sherry Wolfson	....	location manager

Production Companies

• ABC Cable & International Broadcast Inc.
• Boardwalk Entertainment
• Protocol Entertainment
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• Lifetime Television (1995) (USA) (TV)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

ABC Cable & International Broadcast Inc.

Trivia:

Robert Urich's final appearance as Spenser.

Quotes:

Spenser: What do you know about credit cards?
Hawk: I know once you get one, you're in debt for the rest of your life.
Spenser: What about fake ones?
Hawk: They are all based in illusion.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Spenser: For Hire" (1985)

Slower than Christmas!

I was a fan of Urich (he was outstanding in Lonesome Dove) but the newer A&E group of Spencer flicks was much better.

Savage Place is talky to the extreme. Urich looks pretty good, considering he was ill with the early stages of his cancer, but Avery Brooks seemed to be sleepwalking. Marcia Gay Harden was a much better (and better looking) Susan.

The screenplay left several large holes in the plot, to boot! (How DID Spenser find Candy and Jessica, anyway? They were long gone before he started after Candy's SUV, and they were shown making several turns to get to the wooded area where he confronted them. And then Hawk does it too!)

I hadn't been aware of this one prior to catching it on the Hallmark Channel -- and was unimpressed.