Anthony Spinner (Writing)
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Works
The Lottery
Returning to his small hometown of Icara, Maine, a man discovers its horrible secret -- a bizarre, clandestine ritual that led to his mother's early death and his father's insanity.
Release Date: 1996-09-29
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 5
Deadly Games
Deadly Games is an American comedy action sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans for wanton destruction and world domination in the real world. The series was produced by Viacom Productions.
Release Date: 1995-09-05
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army General, his banker and other "clients". All of them make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party but the person that hated him most is a female reporter who the editor had just fired from the paper for attempting to write a serious story. She threatens him and soon after the editor is found, floating in his pool, shot. The reporter is arrested for the crime and Perry, who has a personal stake in this matter, with the aid of Della and Paul set out to solve the mystery. But the other suspects just want the case over with and will go to any lengths to protect their pasts and their secrets
Release Date: 1987-11-15
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 8
Command 5
A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.
Release Date: 1985-08-05
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV series, August and his partner Wilentz investigate the slayings of two winos who died after drinking poisoned whiskey and the rape and murder of a young woman.
Release Date: 1980-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
Express to Terror
A gambling addict, mobsters, movie producers and others are plagued with murder while aboard a high-speed rail train. This pilot episode for the short-lived "Supertrain" series (which lasted just 9 episodes) was released to home video as a independent feature.
Release Date: 1979-02-07
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target
A millionaire hires a pair of private investigators, who specialize in recovering lost and stolen objects, to find his daughter, who has apparently been smuggled out of the country.
Release Date: 1977-05-02
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Baretta
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
Release Date: 1975-01-17
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 83
Vote Count: 36
Panic on the 5:22
Three armed men take over a private railroad car, determined to rob and kill the passengers.
Release Date: 1974-11-20
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3
Kojak
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Release Date: 1973-10-24
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 119
Hell Boats
A war drama of motor torpedo boats which did much unsung work in WW2, but the naval battles merely provide an exciting story in which an even more special romantic drama is wrapped up.
Release Date: 1970-03-20
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 22
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
Release Date: 1968-09-20
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 12
The Invaders
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
Release Date: 1967-01-10
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 58
The Dakotas
The Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and featuring Jack Elam broadcast during 1963. The short-lived program is considered a spin-off of Clint Walker's Cheyenne. The Dakotas is perhaps most notable for the fact that it was cancelled one week after heavy viewer protest over an objectionable scene.
Release Date: 1963-01-07
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 3
Checkmate
Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes and was produced by Jack Benny's production company, "JaMco Productions" in co-operation with Revue Studios. Guest stars included Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre, and Lee Marvin, among many other commensurately prominent performers.
Release Date: 1960-09-17
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 7