Spenser: For Hire The Song of Orpheus (Season 2, Episode 22)
TV-14
TV Episode | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Spenser: For Hire

The Song of Orpheus (Season 2, Episode 22)

TV-14

TV Episode | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Hawk is ambushed and dumped in the harbor. Rita is on a hot case with a mysterious hidden source and one mob boss is pulling all the stings. Will Spenser unravel this before he is killed too.

Director

Winrich Kolbe

Writers

Robert B. Parker (characters) | John Wilder (developed for television by) | Daniel Freudenberger

Producer

Michael J. Maschio

Composers

Steve Dorff | Larry W. Herbstritt (as Larry Herbstritt)

Cinematographer

Peter Salim

Editor

Dick Wormell

Casting Directors

Donna Isaacson | John S. Lyons (as John Lyons)

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Edit Released

Updated May 9, 1987

Release date

May 9, 1987 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win

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Cast	+ Add Cast
16 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Urich Spenser Spenser See fewer	Lonesome Dove (1989)
Avery Brooks Hawk Hawk See fewer	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Carolyn McCormick A.D.A. Rita Fiore A.D.A. Rita Fiore See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Ron McLarty Sgt. Frank Belson Sgt. Frank Belson See fewer	The Postman (1997)
Richard Jaeckel Lt. Martin Quirk Lt. Martin Quirk See fewer	Starman (1984)
John Pankow Billy Hanratty Billy Hanratty See fewer	To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
George Loros Jake Williams Jake Williams See fewer	Shakedown (1988)
David O'Brien Tom Flaherty Tom Flaherty See fewer	The Doctors (1963)
Leonard Jackson Jock Jock See fewer	The Color Purple (1985)
John Hutton Bendix Bendix See fewer	Lincoln (2012)
Roger Serbagi Dunleavy Dunleavy See fewer	Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Andrew Davis Sonny Lucovick Sonny Lucovick See fewer	Good Hair Pretty Hair Curly Hair (1991)
Olek Krupa Latta Latta See fewer	Burn After Reading (2008)
Liann Pattison Millie Millie See fewer	The Minute You Wake up Dead (2022)
Tom Brennan Archie Greco Archie Greco See fewer	Fatal Attraction (1987)
Angela Logan Hawk's Lady Hawk's Lady See fewer	Boomerang (1992)