The Pluto File 

A scientist develops a method of making earthquakes. Later a German spy steals his work. Steve tries to find out what he is going to do with it. But they also find out he's infected with bubonic plague.

Director:

Herb Wallerstein

Writers:

William Moulton Marston (characters) (as Charles Moulton), Stanley Ralph Ross (developer)

Stars:

Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Richard Eastham

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Lynda Carter	...	Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
Lyle Waggoner	...	Major Steve Trevor
Richard Eastham	...	General Phil Blankenship
Beatrice Colen	...	Etta Candy
Robert Reed	...	The Falcon
Hayden Rorke	...	Professor Otis Warren
Albert Stratton	...	Charles Benson
Michael Twaine	...	Frank Willis (as Michael Twain)
Kenneth Tigar	...	Dr. Barnes
Jason Johnson	...	James Porter
Peter Brandon	...	Dr. Norris
Sean Kelly	...	Robin Jensen
Gary Oakes	...	Sergeant Evans
Mikki Jamison	...	Camilla Moret (as Mikki Jamison-Olsen)
Brigid O'Brien	...	Customs Agent

Storyline

A scientist develops a method of making earthquakes. Later a German spy steals his work. Steve tries to find out what he is going to do with it. But they also find out he's infected with bubonic plague.

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Plot Keywords:

earthquake | wonder woman | terrorist | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 December 1976 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 18, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Douglas S. Cramer Company,Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some scenes in "The Pluto File" are set in the Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda , MD. Lynda Carter herself used to visit that hospital with Bob Hope as part of the Miss USA promotional tour.

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Goofs

The scientist makes two mistakes when talking about what they do at the plant. He first said that they fuse uranium and plutonium atoms together. This is incorrect as the process enriches the two different materials to make two different bomb components (enriched uranium was used for the Hiroshima bomb and enriched plutonium was used for the Nagasaki one.) He later talks about being able to fuse hydrogen atoms together, but this wasn't accomplished until almost 15 years later when the first hydrogen bomb was exploded on the Bikini atoll. (It was this event that inspired the name for the two piece bathing suit.)

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Quotes

The Falcon: All right, when that guard gets to the back of the institute building, you head for those bushes. You'll have at least 20 seconds, that'll give you plenty of time.
Frank Willis: [panting] Yeah, yeah, I can make it.

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Connections

Edited into Beauty, Brawn, and Bulletproof Bracelets: A Wonder Woman Retrospective (2004)

User Reviews

a good effort, finally

Finally the series comes to what it should be, a believable story and good effects, although they are still campy in some ways. But there is an improvement. When wonder woman is doing her thing they added a special sound to the score to warn you that she's doing wonderstuff. It's much better this way.

Not only that, it's been a while that we have seen her plane, that was cheesy as hell. Wonder woman do walks around and jumps over hedges and gates. Fightscene's are also a bit better but what still is laughable is the fact that she uses her lasso to catch the bad people.

The acting here was also up to point. It all looks great and the story is rather believable even as it can't happen in real life.

A lot of fans prefer season 2 and 3 but this here clearly shows that the production team has found what they were looking for.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5