Jake Spanner, Private Eye

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| director = Lee H. Katzin

| producer =John Vinnedge
Syd Vinnedge

| writer = Andrew J. Fenady

| starring = Robert Mitchum
Ernest Borgnine

| cinematography = Héctor R. Figueroa

| music = Jimmie Haskell

| story = L.A. Morse

| editor = Dann Cahn

| language = English

| released = {{Start date|1989}}

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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.{{cite book|last1=Leonard Maltin|author-link=Leonard Maltin|title=Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide|publisher=Plume, 1995}}{{cite news|last1=Daniel Ruth|title=Robert Mitchum ends slump as a retired private detective|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3970643.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229211144/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3970643.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 29, 2016|accessdate=2 October 2015|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=November 15, 1989|via=HighBeam}}

The supporting cast features Stella Stevens, Sheree North, John Mitchum, James Mitchum, Edie Adams, Terry Moore, Nita Talbot and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Plot

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Cast

== Reception ==

Chicago Sun-Times' critic Daniel Ruth referred to the film as "far from a perfect movie", "marred by modest production" and with a fairly predictable plot, but praised the performance of Mitchum, writing he delivered " a marvelous performance", appearing "rejuvenated, sprightly and animated in a comfortable role".

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