Captain America (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 | Sci-Fi

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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

One of the villains has outfitted his revolver with a suppressor. There is only one revolver that can use a suppressor by design (The Nagant M1895). The revolver the villain used was a Colt

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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

Version of Spider-Man (1978)

User Reviews

Captain America Lives On

For better or worse (depending on who you talk to)this was my generation's Captain American, just like Nicholas Hammond was Spiderman. It was a good popcorn TV show, action and adventure and a suped up motorcycle. Everything an 11 year old kid loves. I have since rewatched the series and it still has those elements of interest. No it will not compare to a feature film shot in 2007 but then special effects and the era itself was different. Yes Reb Brown is bland and not a very good actor but then Mark Hamill was rather unimpressive as Luke Skywalker but you still enjoyed it. I certainly hope these shows like Captain America and Spiderman make it to DVD. By the way, Sam Raimi would you please give a cameo to Nicholas Hammond in a future Spiderman movie, he was our generation's Spiderman as I hope Lynda Carter will be given a chance to appear in the upcoming Wonder Woman movie.