Mandrake (1979 TV Movie)
Simone Griffeth and Anthony Herrera (Nbc promo photo for Mandrake 1979 TV Movie) | |
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In 1978 King Features licensed "Mandrake the Magician" to Universal TV, which planed[1] to produce a two-hour movie for NBS. The show was planed to be a pilot for a proposed series.
(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
Press annoucement / Dvd
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.
Lee Falk personal appreciation
Then there was the 1979 TV pilot, "Mandrake the Magician" starring Anthony Herrera. They spent a million on that 90-minute thing. It was not good. Mandrake didn't have a mustache. They took car chases from stock footage, I believe. It was well done, but it wasn't Mandrake.
References
- ↑ Adams, Val, "NBC to air 4 dramas on Indians", Daily News (New York, New York), 23 Mar 1978, p 101
External links
[1] YouTube: Clip Mandrake [2] YouTube: Full Tv Movie
| Team Ups, Mandrake outside the comic strips, Varia | |
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| Team Ups |
Defenders of the Earth • Kings Watch • King: Mandrake the Magician • Kings Quest |
| Adaptations |
1939 Movie Serial • 1940 Radio Show • 1954 TV Pilot • 1967 Killing vs Mandrake • 1979 TV Movie • Unproduced and Unfinished Films • Musical: Mandrake the Magician and the Enchantress • Prose Stories • Defenders of the Earth • Comics on TV • Pop Art |
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| Other |
Easter Eggs and Cameos • Fanzines and Fan Magazines • Reference Books |