Mandrake (1979 TV Movie)

Simone Griffeth and Anthony Herrera (Nbc promo photo for Mandrake 1979 TV Movie)
Country:	USA / English

In 1978/1979, a 100 minutes Technicolor movie was filmed by Universal TV for the NBC network and casted during the "NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies" program released on 24 January 1979.

Plot

A madman blackmails a roller coaster tycoon Arcadian after framing him as responsible for deaths on roller coasters. A covert agent (Robert Reed) has hypnotized a group of people into sabotaging various sites around the country when they receive the key words "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party".

Cast & Crew

Writing credits

• Rick Husky

Director

• Harry Falk

Producer

• Rick Husky
• Rod Holcomb (associate producer)

Original Music

• Morton Stevens

Cinematography

• Vincent A. Martinelli

Film Editing

• Frederic L. Knudtson (as Frederick L. Knudtson)
• Edward W. Williams

Art Direction

• John P. Bruce

Choreographer

• Edmund Balin
• Walter Kevan
• Allan Hunt

Cast

• Anthony Herrera as Mandrake
• Simone Griffeth as Stacy
• Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Lothar
• Hank Brandt as Alec Gordon
• Gretchen Corbett as Jennifer Lindsay
• Peter Haskell as William Romero
• Robert Reed as Arkadian
• David Hooks as Dr. Malcolm Lindsay
• Harry Blackstone Jr. as Dr. Nolan
• James Hong as Theron
• Sab Shimono as Ho
• Donna Kei Benz as Cindy (as Donna Benz)
• David Hollander as Young Mandrake
• Allan Hunt as Walter Kevan
• Joseph Mendez as Club Patron

Tempo Star Books

In 1979, in their Tempo Star Book series, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, published a paperback - distributed by Ace Books - entitled "Mandrake the Magician", paperback based on the NBC-TV movie. The book was written by Howard Ashman.