Dr. Strange (1978 film)

Dr. Strange
Directed by	Philip DeGuere
Produced by	Alex Beaton Philip DeGuere Gregory Hoblit
Written by	Comic Book: Steve Ditko Stan Lee Screenplay: Philip DeGuere
Starring	Peter Hooten Clyde Kusatsu Anne-Marie Martin
Music by	Paul Chihara
Cinematography	Enzo A. Martinelli
Editing by	Christopher Nelson
Distributed by	MCA Home Video (VHS)
Running time	93 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Dr. Strange is a made-for-TV movie based on the Marvel Comics fictional character Dr. Strange, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It was both directed and written by Philip DeGuere. Stan Lee served as a consultant on the film, which was created as a pilot for a proposed TV series.^[1]

Plot

A young woman named Clea Lake becomes a pawn of the sorceress Morgan le Fay, Morgan was, of course, the half-sister of the legendary King Arthur and mother of his illegitimate son, Mordred). The primary defender of our world against threats of a magical nature, the Sorcerer Supreme, is presently a man named Thomas Lindmer (in reality,he is Merlin, Morgan Le Fay's Ancient Nemesis). He and his pupil and friend, Wong, contact a psychiatrist named Stephen Strange, who is the heir to his father's potential to become Lindmer's disciple and the next Sorcerer Supreme. Strange bears his father's magical ring as a sign of this, and he has already sensed something wrong, but does not recognize the importance of these feelings of apprehension. Lindmer must convince Strange of the reality of the mystical world wherein the battle between good and evil is played out on a magical level, all unbeknownst to the mundane world, to save Clea and thwart Morgan's plans.

Cast

• Peter Hooten as Dr. Stephen Strange
• Clyde Kusatsu as Wong
• Jessica Walter as Morgan Le Fay
• Eddie Benton as Clea Lake
• Philip Sterling as Dr. Frank Taylor
• John Mills as Thomas Lindmer
• June Barrett as Sarah
• Sarah Rush as Nurse
• Diana Webster as Head Nurse
• Bob Delegall as Intern
• Larry Anderson as Magician
• Blake Marion as Department Chief
• Lady Rowlands as Mrs. Sullivan
• Inez Pedroza as Announcer
• Michael Clark as Taxi Driver
• Frank Catalano as Orderly
• Michael Ansara as Ancient One (voice, uncredited)
• Ted Cassidy as Demon Balzaroth (voice, uncredited)
• David Hooks as The Nameless One (uncredited)

References

1. ^ "MARVEL IN THE 1970'S: DR STRANGE AND CAPTAIN AMERICA". Twitch Film. http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/10/marvel-in-the-1970s-dr-strange-and-captain-america.php. Retrieved 2011-10-06. 

External links

• Dr. Strange at the Internet Movie Database