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In 1978 King Features licensed "Mandrake the Magician" to Universal TV, which planed<ref>Adams, Val, "NBC to air 4 dramas on Indians", Daily News ''(New York, New York)'', 23 Mar 1978, p 101</ref> to produce a two-hour movie for NBS. The show was planed to be a pilot for a proposed series.


In 1978/1979, a 100 minutes Technicolor movie was filmed by Universal TV for the NBC network and casted during the "NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies" program released on 24 January 1979.  
(In 1978/1979, a 100 minutes Technicolor movie was filmed by Universal TV for the NBC network and casted during the "NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies" program released on 24 January 1979. )


==Plot==
== Plot ==
A madman blackmails a roller coaster tycoon Arcadian after framing him as responsible for deaths on roller coasters. A covert agent (Robert Reed) has hypnotized a group of people into sabotaging various sites around the country when they receive the key words "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party".
A madman blackmails a roller coaster tycoon Arcadian after framing him as responsible for deaths on roller coasters. A covert agent (Robert Reed) has hypnotized a group of people into sabotaging various sites around the country when they receive the key words "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party".


===Cast & Crew===
=== Cast & Crew ===
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==Ace Books==
===== Press annoucement / Dvd =====
In 1979 [[Mandrake the Magician by Howard Ashman|Ace Books]], in their Tempo Star Book serie, published a paperback based on the tv movie. The book was written by [[Howard Ashman]].
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== Tempo Star Books ==
In 1979, in their Tempo Star Book series, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, published a paperback - distributed
by Ace Books - entitled "[[Tempo Books - Mandrake the Magician (based on NBC-TV movie)|Mandrake the Magician]]", paperback based on the NBC-TV movie.
The book was written by Howard Ashman.
 
== Lee Falk personal appreciation ==
  Then there was the 1979 TV pilot, "Mandrake the Magician" starring Anthony Herrera. They spent a million on that 90-minute thing. It was not good. Mandrake didn't have a mustache. They took car chases from stock footage, I believe. It was well done, but it wasn't Mandrake.
 
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcNyMeJG6fc] YouTube: Clip Mandrake
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2e0wHbgIQ8]  YouTube: Full Tv Movie


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[[Category:Adaptations|1979 Movie]]
[[Category:Adaptations|1979 Movie]]

Latest revision as of 09:00, 6 June 2024

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Simone Griffeth and Anthony Herrera (Nbc promo photo for Mandrake 1979 TV Movie)

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In 1978 King Features licensed "Mandrake the Magician" to Universal TV, which planed[1] to produce a two-hour movie for NBS. The show was planed to be a pilot for a proposed series.

(In 1978/1979, a 100 minutes Technicolor movie was filmed by Universal TV for the NBC network and casted during the "NBC Wednesday Night at the Movies" program released on 24 January 1979. )

Plot

A madman blackmails a roller coaster tycoon Arcadian after framing him as responsible for deaths on roller coasters. A covert agent (Robert Reed) has hypnotized a group of people into sabotaging various sites around the country when they receive the key words "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party".

Cast & Crew

Writing credits

  • Rick Husky

Director

  • Harry Falk

Producer

  • Rick Husky
  • Rod Holcomb (associate producer)

Original Music

  • Morton Stevens

Cinematography

  • Vincent A. Martinelli

Film Editing

  • Frederic L. Knudtson (as Frederick L. Knudtson)
  • Edward W. Williams

Art Direction

  • John P. Bruce

Choreographer

  • Edmund Balin
  • Walter Kevan
  • Allan Hunt

Cast

  • Anthony Herrera as Mandrake
  • Simone Griffeth as Stacy
  • Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Lothar
  • Hank Brandt as Alec Gordon
  • Gretchen Corbett as Jennifer Lindsay
  • Peter Haskell as William Romero
  • Robert Reed as Arkadian
  • David Hooks as Dr. Malcolm Lindsay
  • Harry Blackstone Jr. as Dr. Nolan
  • James Hong as Theron
  • Sab Shimono as Ho
  • Donna Kei Benz as Cindy (as Donna Benz)
  • David Hollander as Young Mandrake
  • Allan Hunt as Walter Kevan
  • Joseph Mendez as Club Patron


Press annoucement / Dvd

Tempo Star Books

In 1979, in their Tempo Star Book series, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, published a paperback - distributed by Ace Books - entitled "Mandrake the Magician", paperback based on the NBC-TV movie. The book was written by Howard Ashman.

Lee Falk personal appreciation

 Then there was the 1979 TV pilot, "Mandrake the Magician" starring Anthony Herrera. They spent a million on that 90-minute thing. It was not good. Mandrake didn't have a mustache. They took car chases from stock footage, I believe. It was well done, but it wasn't Mandrake. 

References

  1. Adams, Val, "NBC to air 4 dramas on Indians", Daily News (New York, New York), 23 Mar 1978, p 101

External links

[1] YouTube: Clip Mandrake [2] YouTube: Full Tv Movie