SPIDERMAN (1977)

SPIDERMAN is a 1977 American television superhero film that aired on CBS and had a theatrical release outside the US, which serves as the pilot to the 1977 television series titled The Amazing Spider-Man. It was directed by E. W. Swackhamer, written by Alvin Boretz and stars Nicholas Hammond as the titular character, David White, Michael Pataki, Jeff Donnell and Thayer David. Thayer David.

It is the first Spider-Man film by Columbia Pictures. Two sequels, Spider-Man Strikes Back and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge, were released in 1978 and 1981, respectively.

Plot

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Peter Parker, a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle, is bitten by a radioactive spider and discovers he has gained superpowers, such as super-strength, agility and the ability to climb sheer walls and ceilings. When a mysterious Guru places people under mind-control - including a doctor and lawyer - to rob banks, Peter becomes the costumed hero Spider-Man to stop the crook's fiendish scheme. The Guru then announces that he will hypnotize ten New Yorkers, chosen at random, into committing suicide unless the city pays him $50 million, which becomes a Daily Bugle headline "Are You One of the Ten People?". The situation becomes even worse when Peter Parker and his friend Judy are hypnotized into being two of the people to defenestrate themselves from the Empire State Building by week's end. With some luck, Peter is able to break free of the hypnosis and then stop the Guru in his tracks.[1]

Cast
Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
David White as J. Jonah Jameson
Michael Pataki as Capt. Barbera
Hilly Hicks as Joe "Robbie" Robertson
Lisa Eilbacher as Judy Tyler
Jeff Donnell as May Parker
Robert Hastings as Monahan
Ivor Francis as Professor Noah Tyler
Thayer David as Edward Byron
Len Lesser as Henchman
Norman Rice as Henchman