Jon Kane
Created by Richard Rothstein

In a better-than-average, enjoyably downbeat made-for-television movie, JON KANE is a private eye and ex-cop in therapy, trying to come to grips with the death of his wife in a car crash three years earlier.

No fancy pants flashy playboy TV eye, he, Jon lives in a small house in Venice, California, and favours T-shirts, jeans and an old leather jacket. His one extravagance is a vintage Firebird, but we'll let that one pass. After all, I think it's a law somewhere that all TV eyes must now drive classic automobiles. Other than that, it was pretty good. The show had a nice, melancholy buzz to it, and Kane had a bit more depth than the average TV eye. And the supporting cast wasn't too awful either, particularly Rodney, the Hispanic shoe salesman/bondbailsman, and Kane's best friend, a hooker turned real estate agent. Also worth noting is Zimmer, an appealing lowlife and snitch, played by Burt Young. Nobody does hassled like Burt Young.

TELEVISION

• DOUBLE DECEPTION
  (June 21, 1993)
  96 minutes
  Screenplay by Richard Rothstein
  Director: Jan Egleson
  Cinematographer: Robert D. Yeoman
  Music by Gary Chang
  Executive Producer: Lewis B. Chesler
  Produced by Patricia Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk, Richard Rothstein
  Starring James Russo as JON KANE
  Also starring Sally Kirkland, Luis Guzmán, Burt Young, Alice Krige, Lewis Van Bergen, Brad Sullivan, Grace Zabriskie, Anthony Dean Fields, John Snyder, Jack Carter (II), Keith Coulouris

Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.