Dr. Strange (TV 1978)

A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.

Director:

Philip DeGuere

Writer:

Philip DeGuere

Stars:

Peter Hooten, Clyde Kusatsu, Jessica Walter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Hooten	...	Dr. Stephen Strange
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Wong
Jessica Walter	...	Morgan LeFay
Anne-Marie Martin	...	Clea Lake (as Eddie Benton)
Philip Sterling	...	Dr. Frank Taylor, Chief of Psychiatry
John Mills	...	Thomas Lindmer
June Barrett	...	Sarah
Sarah Rush	...	Nurse
Diana Webster	...	Head Nurse
Bob Delegall	...	Intern
Larry Anderson	...	Magician
Blake Marion	...	Department Chief
Lady Rowlands	...	Mrs. Sullivan
Ines Pedroza	...	Announcer (as Inez Pedroza)
Michael Clark	...	Taxi Driver

Storyline

Thomas Lindmer (John Mills), a world-weary sorcerer, foresees the return to Earth of his ancient adversary Morgan LeFey (Jessica Walter), who has been granted dominance over men's souls by The Nameless One (David Hooks). In order to combat her evil magic, Lindmer must pass the Guardianship of the Light onto a young psychiatry-resident, Dr. Stephen Strange (Peter Hooten),who has no inkling of his destiny.

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Plot Keywords:

magic | based on comic book | unsold tv series pilot | demon | marvel comics | 

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Genres:

Fantasy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dr Strejndž

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

The star-burst on Dr. Strange's costume is not on his comic book outfit. While it is indeed similar to one that ordains the costume of another Marvel Comics hero; Captain Mar-Vell, this particular TV movie costume star-burst design is a tell-tale "signature" of this production's costume-design consultant (and former Dr. Strange comic book artist); Frank Brunner. Brunner uses that star-burst on many different design projects and incorporated it, as a more TV-friendly replacement to the "demon" symbol usually worn by the comic-book Dr. Strange. Although not named, the creature that Morgan serves is visually inspired by Dr. Strange's comic book arch-nemesis, Dormammu, while Morgan herself could be seen as being inspired by Dormammu's sister (and Strange's foe), Umar.

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Quotes

Wong: Will you meet her alone?
Thomas Lindmer: None of us is ever alone.

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Connections

Referenced in Spider-Man 2 (2004)

User Reviews

Amazingly Bad Comic Movie! Avoid at all Costs, True Believers...

Wow, that was a horrible 1.5 hours of my time. I didn't expect Saving Private Ryan, but neither did I expect this to be one of the worst movies of all time. I think the worst thing about this is that if they had changed the name of the characters, I wouldn't have recognized this movie as Dr. Strange. No character resembles the comics characters, and the actors are horrible. This is the one of the worst movies I've ever seen (right down there with Crazy Six and Spaced Invaders). The Punisher was much better, if that tells you anything. I give this one a 2 out of 10 stars. AVOID!