Captain America (TV 1979)

A recipient of an experimental body enhancement chemical retaliates against his would be killers as a star spangled superhero.

Director:

Rod Holcomb

Writers:

Don Ingalls (teleplay), Don Ingalls (story),

Stars:

Reb Brown, Len Birman, Heather Menzies-Urich

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Reb Brown	...	Captain America / Steve Rogers
Len Birman	...	Dr. Simon Mills
Heather Menzies-Urich	...	Dr. Wendy Day (as Heather Menzies)
Robin Mattson	...	Tina Hayden
Joseph Ruskin	...	Rudy Sandrini
Lance LeGault	...	Harley (as Lance Le Gault)
Frank Marth	...	Charles Barber
Steve Forrest	...	Lou Brackett
Chip Johnson	...	Jerry
James Ingersoll	...	Lester Wiant
Jim B. Smith	...	F.B.I. Assistant
Jason Wingreen	...	Surgeon
June Dayton	...	Secretary
Diana Webster	...	Nurse
Dan Barton	...	Jeff Haden

Storyline

When a commercial artist is almost murdered by spies looking for his late father's secrets, he is saved in surgery when the FLAG formula is injected into him. This serum not only healed him but also gave him tremendous strength and lightening reflexes. To help him retaliate for his attack, a government agency equipments him with a special motorcycle loaded with gadgets and a detachable shield is not only bulletproof, but can be thrown as a offensive returning weapon. Thus armed, he battles against the nation's enemies as the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America.

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Plot Keywords:

motorcycle | shield | superhero | masked superhero | marvel comics | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Capitán América

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Captain America is trying to stop the truck, he radios in to Dr. Mills to tell him that he had dropped his bike and it needed to be picked up. Moments later, he bends an exhaust pipe to an open vent to make the passenger ill. With the volume that Captain America had to speak into the radio, the passenger should have heard him talking and been able to react to his being there.

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Quotes

Dr. Simon Mills: Your father developed and perfected the ultimate steroid. He synthesized it from his own adrenal gland and then, through long research, developed a super hormone. He called it 'Flag'. That's right, F.L.A.G. Full Latent Ability Gain.

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Connections

Featured in The Spoony Experiment: Captain America Review: Part 1 (2010)

User Reviews

Nay! 'Tis pure cheesy goodness!

I will not hear a word spoken against this fine movie. It's great for watching when getting together with your sarcastic friends. You know the ones I mean. The kind that rent a schlock horror movie simply so they can make fun of it.

The production values may lag, the acting may make you wince, and the origin of Captain America is shattered into a million zillion pieces.There is, however,one thing that makes it the greatest Captain America movie of all time: The Captain America movie from 1991! That one makes this one look like Citizen Kane. Plus, this one has a motorcycle!

Yes folks, if terrorists ever force you to choose one Captain America to watch at gunpoint, make it this one.