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Spider-Man
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
Produced by: Edward J. Montagne

Written by:

Alvin Boretz
Stan Lee

Starring:

Nicholas Hammond
David White
Michael Pataki
Hilly Hicks
Lisa Eilbacher
Jeff Donnell
Robert Hastings
Ivor Francis
Thayer David

Rating:

MPAA: G

Running time:

90 minutes

Music by:

Johnnie Spence

Edited by:

Aaron Stell

Released by:

Columbia Pictures

Release date:

September 14, 1977

Previous installment(s):

None

Next installment(s):

Spider-Man Strikes Back

Budget:

N/A

Box office:

$9 million

Spider-Man is a 1977 made-for-television film directed by E. W. Swackhamer and starring Nicholas Hammond and Thayer David. A live action television series followed in 1978.

Plot[]

Peter Parker, a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle, is bitten by a radioactive spider and discovers he has gained superpowers, such as super-strength, agility and the ability to climb sheer walls and ceilings. When a mysterious Guru places people under mind-control to rob banks and threatens to have 10 New Yorkers commit suicide at his command unless the city pays him $50 million, Peter becomes the costumed hero Spider-Man to stop the crook's fiendish scheme.

Cast[]

  • Nicholas Hammond: Spider-Man/Peter Parker
  • David White: J. Jonah Jameson
  • Michael Pataki: Captain Barbera
  • Hilly Hicks: Joe "Robbie" Robertson
  • Lisa Eilbacher: Judy Tyler
  • Jeff Donnell: Aunt May
  • Robert Hastings: Monahan
  • Ivor Francis: Professor Noah Tyler
  • Thayer David: Edward Byron
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