The Pumaman (1980)
"L'uomo puma" (original title)

Low-budget superhero flick about a young man given a mystical medallion by a South American shaman, in order to become a puma- empowered champion like his father before him. In trying to ... See full summary »

Director:

Alberto De Martino

Writers:

Luigi Angelo (screenplay), Alberto De Martino (story),

Stars:

Walter George Alton, Donald Pleasence, Miguel Ángel Fuentes

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Walter George Alton	...	Prof. Tony Farms / Puma Man
Donald Pleasence	...	Kobras (as Donald Pleasance)
Miguel Ángel Fuentes	...	Vadinho (as Miguel Angel Fuentes)
Sydne Rome	...	Jane Dobson
Silvano Tranquilli	...	Dobson
Benito Stefanelli	...	Rankin - Kobras' Lieutenant
Guido Lollobrigida	...	Mustachioed Henchman
Peter Cellier	...	Museum Curator
Geoffrey Copleston	...	Sir George Bradley (as Jeffrey Coppleston)

Storyline

Low-budget superhero flick about a young man given a mystical medallion by a South American shaman, in order to become a puma- empowered champion like his father before him. In trying to locate the young man initially, the shaman has the nasty habit of pushing candidates out windows to test them ("Nope, not him.")

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Plot Keywords:

superhero | flying | mask | falling from height | aztec indian | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 February 1980 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Pumaman

Filming Locations:

Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London, England, UK

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 32,913,166 (Spain) (2 July 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ADM Films Department--DEANTIR

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Star Donald Pleasence once cited this as the worst film he had ever been in.

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Goofs

A newspaper headline contains the word "american" uncapitalised.

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Quotes

Kobras: There is often more truth in legend than in history.

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Pumaman (1998)

User Reviews

"When you want the flavor of bacon in a dip"

Pumaman has got to be one of the worst superheroes of all time. His "costume" consists of a shirt with a Aztec happy face on it, a pair of Abercrombie and Finch cargo pants, cheap pleather cowboy boots, the WWF Hardcore Championship belt (the only thing that's "hardcore" about this loser), and a fey red cape. He flies at about the same speed as the Goodyear Blimp, he can rip the top of a Jaguar but has a hard time wrestling a sixtyish fat man to the ground, he can teleport, but only to places he has been before (such as his friend's firetruck(?)), and his theme song sounds like a commercial for a personal injury attourney. Worse, he has a hulking mongoloid with a Moe Howard haircut following him around doing all his dirty work, like getting beat up by bad guys or tying Pumaman up during one of his many suicide attempts. In the same vein, the "villian", Donald Pleasance, has one of the worst evil schemes of all time: taking over the world by staring at manniquen heads through a mask mounted on a pole. Other idioic characters include Pumaman's mouth-breathing girlfriend (why she wears a leather flying helmet is beyond me) and a whole army of thugs as cannon fodder for this wuss and his Aztec. ONLY watch this on MST3K!