Le Salaire de la peur
In 1977, he acted in "Sorcerer, a" thriller adaptation of "The Wages of Fear" directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. Spinell has a small role as "Spider", an out-of-luck American expatriate working for an unscrupulous multi-national oil company somewhere in the Dominican Republic jungle and a friend of Scanlon (Scheider). Spider takes part with Scanlon in a truck-driving contest but fails, while Scanlon passes.