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| Sam J. Jones | ... | Spirit / Denny Colt (as Sam Jones) | |
| Nana Visitor | ... | Ellen Dolan | |
| Bumper Robinson | ... | Eubie | |
| Garry Walberg | ... | Commissioner Dolan | |
| Les Lannom | ... | Officer King | |
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Laura Robinson | ... | P'Gell Roxton (as McKinlay Robinson) |
| Daniel Davis | ... | Simon Teasdale | |
| Philip Baker Hall | ... | Sevrin | |
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John Allen | ... | Bruno |
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Sarah Dammann Thomas | ... | Hilde (as Sarah Dammann) |
| Janet Rotblatt | ... | Victim | |
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Ernestine Mercer | ... | Martha |
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Annibal Llende | ... | Ricardo |
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When Denny Colt, detective for the Central City Police Department, survives an assassination attempt by criminals, he is still believed by the public to be dead. He decides to use to his advantage, since being "dead", he isn't subject to the rules that bind regular cops. To this end, he equips an abandoned tomb in a graveyard into a residence and headquarters and prepares for a new career. With that, he becomes the Spirit, a mysterious crime fighter whose only costume is a blue business suit, fedora hat and a little eye mask. His first major case pits him against P'Gell, a femme fatal who has criminal designs on the city. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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31 July 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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De Souza Productions, Von Zerneck-Samuels Productions, Warner Bros. Television See more »
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This TV movie almost didn't get seen at all. Due to a write-in campaign and a circulated petition it was aired on ABC TV in 1986, a full year after its making, and was a pilot for what could have become a series. See more »Goofs
When Ellen climbs the fire escape she is wearing flats. Inside the factory she's in heels. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This is an origin story, but does not dwell much on the character's origins. You get to see the moment he decides to become The Spirit, but not much of his story before that. The case he's trying to solve involves the curator of a museum being involved in criminal activity. The character himself is dumb, clumsy, and at times quite rude. It's hard to see why one should sympathize much with him.
The best thing with this movie (TV pilot) is also one of the things that makes it hard to take it seriously: it looks more like a music video then an action story. A bit similar to the Schumacher Batman-movies at times, while at other times it looks like any 80s TV-series. Especially the graveyard set reminds me of something like Michael Jackson's Thriller.
So is it worth a watch? Maybe if you have some sort of relationship with The Spirit, or if you like movies based on comic books. It's typical for its era, but that's about the only interesting thing about it.