The Clone Master (1978)

In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.

Director:

Don Medford

Writer:

John D.F. Black

Stars:

Art Hindle, Robyn Douglass, John Van Dreelen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Art Hindle	...	Dr. Simon Shane
Robyn Douglass	...	Gussie
John Van Dreelen	...	Salt
Ed Lauter	...	Bender
Mario Roccuzzo	...	Harry Tiezer
Ralph Bellamy	...	Ezra Louthin
Stacy Keach Sr.	...	Adm. Millus
Lew Brown	...	Fire Chief
Bill Sorrells	...	Interviewer
Robert Karnes	...	Trankus
Betty Lou Robinson	...	Alba Toussaint
Vernon Weddle	...	Pine
Ken Sansom	...	Wainer
Steve Eastin	...	Huberman
Phillip Pine	...	Navy Cmdr. Tiller

Storyline

In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | clone | experiment | scientist | unsold tv series pilot | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le maître des clones

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mel Ferber Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Clone Art Hindle!

Scientist Simon Shane (Hindle) is working on a project which will create human clones of himself. Years of failed experiments with his mentor (Bellamy) at his side have yielded breakthroughs but not a successful final product though one is set to be unleashed within days.

With his mentor kidnapped and a mysterious new party having presented itself with designs on the project which are suspicious at best, Simon accelerates the project and clones himself a dozen times maintaining a telepathic link with each of his fully grown "children" each of whom is an exact replica of him with all of his memories and capabilities.

This pilot TV movie would have made for an interesting TV series if it had been picked up by NBC.

Hindle, a guy in possession of a more noticeable Canadian accent than I have (Than most Canadians have) does nothing to try to lesson the Canadian inflections and rhythm in his vocal cadences to try to sound American or even just less Canadian. I guess it was thought that Americans either wouldn't notice or would just think that the character was from Alaska.

I am all for cloning Canadian actors such as Art Hindle. We can send one version to California to make American movies and keep one in Canada to do films here.