Glenn Cannon Movies

Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry reprise their roles as a killer for hire and a dentist with a bad case of nerves in this sequel to the comedy hit The Whole Nine Yards. Former hitman Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis) has retired from his life of crime and is living a quiet life of cooking and housekeeping in Mexico, despite the fact his wife, Jill (Amanda Peet), a would-be hired killer, still wants to keep her hand in the business. Tudeski has been able to convince the authorities he's dead thanks to dental records falsified by his former neighbor Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry), who lives in Los Angeles. But Oseransky discovers that not everyone is fooled by Tudeski's handiwork when his wife, Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge), is kidnapped by Lazlo Gogolak (Kevin Pollak) and his goons. Gogolak is a high-ranking member of the Hungarian mafia, and Tudeski previously murdered his son, so he's abducted Cynthia in order to get Oseransky to reveal the hired killer's current whereabouts. But Tudeski has come to like the quiet life, and isn't so sure he wants to face Gogolak and his crew for the sake of a jittery dentist who once did him a favor. Most of the principle cast of The Whole Nine Yards returned for this sequel, though director Howard Deutch stepped in to replace Jonathan Lynn, who was working on The Fighting Temptations when The Whole Ten Yards went into production. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Combining drama, comedy, and romance, Jerry Maguire was a critical and commercial success built on an original script by writer/director Cameron Crowe and an Oscar-nominated performance by Tom Cruise. Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is an agent with a major sports management firm. He's enthusiastic, successful, a great negotiator and people like him. But it begins to dawn on Jerry that there's something wrong with what he's doing, and not long after a troubling encounter with the son of an injured athlete he represents, Jerry has a serious crisis of conscience. In the midst of a sleepless night, Jerry writes a memo calling on himself and his colleagues to think more about the long-term welfare of the clients they represent and less about immediate profits. While everyone around him applauds the sentiment, Jerry's superiors think his ideas are bad for business; Jerry is fired, and, rather than standing in solidarity with him, his "friends" in the firm scramble like sharks to claim Jerry's clients. At the end of his last day, the only people willing to join Jerry as he strikes out on his own are staff accountant Dorothy (Renee Zellweger), a single mother secretly in love with him, and Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a football player whose pride and arrogance have gotten in the way of his reaching his potential. Jerry Maguire earned an Academy Award for Cuba Gooding Jr.'s performance as Tidwell and provided a breakthrough role for Renee Zellweger; it also made "Show me the money!" an unavoidable catchphrase for several months. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

In the concluding half of Magnum, P.I.'s final episode, Magnum (Tom Selleck) wrestles with the prospect of returning to active Naval service even as he lays a trap for the man who assaulted his former girlfriend Linda (Patrice Martinez). He also receives word that his daughter Lily, presumed murdered in an earlier episode, is still alive. Elsewhere, the impending marriage of Rick (Larry Manetti) and Cleo (Phyllis Davis) hits a few prenuptual snags, while T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) is unexpectedly reunited with his ex-wife Tina (Fay Hauser). And last but not least, the mystery of Robin Masters' true identity is finally solved...maybe. One of the highest-rated "finales" in network TV history, this episode leaves enough dangling plot strands to suggest that the producers had an elaborate "reunion" movie in mind. We're still waiting. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Season Seven of Magnum, P.I comes to spectacular conclusion--one that was originally intended to be the series' final episode. Wounded in a violent shootout, the comatose Magnum (Tom Selleck) hovers between life and death. From his vantage point in "Limbo", Magnum tries to communicate with his friends, to warn them that his ex-wife Michelle may soon be murdered. Coming to Magnum's rescue--in a manner of speaking--is the spectre of his old Navy buddy "Mac" MacReynolds (Larry Manetti). Though Magnum, P.I. had indeed been cancelled at the end of its seventh season, the series was brought back the following year by public demand--necessitating a hasty "rethinking" of this episode's now-famous closing image. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

French detective Claude Fornier (Paul Verdier), whose exploits have inspired several of Robin Masters' novels, is murdered just after presenting Magnum (Tom Selleck) with the "PI of the Year" award. Though anxious to solve Fornier's murder, Magnum finds that he'll have to wait in line as every other detective attending the awards ceremony (many of whom closely resemble popular TV gumshoes!) insists upon taking a crack at the case. Elisha Cook Jr., usually cast as shady businessman Ice Pick, reprises his characterization of weasely "gunsel" Wilmer from The Maltese Falcon in a dream sequence; and appearing as chief of security at the ceremony is prolific TV producer Stephen J. Cannell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

To publicize his latest novel, Robin Masters stages a million-dollar treasure hunt, with the clues adroitly hidden with the pages of his book. Unfortunately, one of the contestants doesn't see the need to play fair, and before the day is over Magnum (Tom Selleck) and the other treasure-hunters (among them several of the series' regulars) are being held at gunpoint on the edge of a steep cliff. In fact, the episode begins with this perilous situation, then works itself backward in the form of tantalizing flashbacks. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Ever on the lookout for a quick buck, T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) agrees to deliver a mysterious briefcase to Oahu. En route, T.C.'s chopper plunges into the ocean, and he ends up in the hospital in a comatose state. Flying in the face of convential wisdom, Magnum (Tom Selleck) is certain that the crash was no accident, and he is determined to bring in the men responsible for T.C.'s plight. Joining Magnum in this mission is T.C.'s visiting brother Gerald (Richard Lawson)--who turns out to be pursuing an agenda of his own. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Series regular John Hillerman essays the first of several dual roles, appearing in both his familiar guise as the stuffy, erudite Jonathan Higgins and as Higgins' illegitimate half-brother, a rowdy Texan named Elmo Ziller. Reported killed several years earlier, Elmo has suddenly resurfaced, and his daughter Lexi (Robin Dearden) asks Magnum to protect him from a murder plot--which, according to Elmo, has been hatched by his ex-wife Marcella (Barbara Rhoades). Though unable to shake the belief that Higgins and Elmo are one and the same and that he is the butt of a practical joke, Magnum agrees t shield the Texan from harm--a job that eventually obliges our hero and his buddies to dress up as rodeo clowns! Gillian Dobb, later to join the cast as Agatha Chumley, appears as a hotel desk clerk. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A rare virus known as African Hemorrhagic Fever has quarantined Magnum and Higgins at Robin's Nest. Their enforced stay coincides with the arrival of Higgins' former comrade-in-arms Edwin Clutterbuck (Ian McShane), with whom he served in Africa during the bloody Mau Mau uprising of 1955. Now, it seems that the members of Higgins' and Clutterbucks' regiment are being murdered one by one--and the killer may have slipped into the Masters Estate before the quarantine signs went up! After several minor roles in previous episodes, Gillian Dobb makes her first appearance as Higgins' English lady friend Agatha Chumley. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Hanley (Rick Jason) and his squad enter a French village at the same time that a German squad led by Lt. Markes (William Smithers) marches in from the other side of town. Both armies are stopped in their tracks by a deranged Frenchwoman who begs them to rescue her baby, trapped in a bombed-out wine celler. After much deliberation, Hanley and Markes call a temporary truce in order to save the infant--with unexpected results. The hysterical mother is played by Lisa Pera, the grandniece of Russian author Leo Tolstoy and a protégee of series star (and director of this episode) Vic Morrow. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the first episode of a two-part story, Saunders (Vic Morrow) and his men attempt to cross over a hill festooned with German soldiers. They have only advanced a few yards when they are captured by Captain Steiner (Richard Basehart), a sadistic SS officer. Herded into Steiner's headquarters, Saunders, the squad, and two other prisoners, Sgt. Akers (Simon Oakland) and Pvt. Gates (Woodrow Parfrey) are ordered to reveal secret Allied information--with the assurance that Steiner "has ways" of making them talk! Featured in a small role is James Sikking, better known in later years as SWAT leader Howard Hunter on Hill Street Blues. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Hoodlums Phil (Walter Matthau) and Davey (Glenn Cannon) stage a daring daylight robbery of a bank messenger, whom hotheaded Davey shoots and kills. It turns out that there was a witness to the murder, a young woman (Carol Grace) now in police custody. Scheming to knock off the witness before she can identify Davey, Phil disguises himself as a policeman and worms his way into the woman's confidence. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi