Dr. Strange (1978 film)
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| Based on |
Doctor Strange by Steve Ditko |
| Written by | Philip DeGuere |
| Directed by | Philip DeGuere |
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| Music by | Paul Chihara |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Cinematography | Enzo A. Martinelli |
| Editor(s) | Christopher Nelson |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Universal Television |
| Distributor | CBS |
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| Original network | CBS |
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Dr. Strange is a 1978 television film based on the Marvel Comics fictional character of the same name, created by Steve Ditko. Philip DeGuere directed the film and wrote it specifically for television, and produced the film along with Alex Beaton and Gregory Hoblit.Stan Lee served as a consultant on the film, which was created as a pilot for a proposed television series.Dr. Strange stars Peter Hooten in the title role, along with Jessica Walter, Eddie Benton, Clyde Kusatsu, Philip Sterling and John Mills. The film aired on September 6, 1978, in a two-hour block from 8pm to 10pm on CBS, the same network that, at that time, aired The Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk; CBS did not pick up Dr. Strange as a series.
Somewhere, an evil entity tells Morgan le Fay that he has been prevented from breaking through to the earthly realm by a great wizard, and that she has three days either to defeat or kill the wizard and win over his successor to her master's side.
Le Fay possesses a young woman named Clea Lake and uses her as a weapon against Thomas Lindmer, the "Sorcerer Supreme". She pushes him off a bridge to his death, but instead of dying, he slowly gets up and magically heals himself. His friend, Wong, looks after him and locates Lake for him. Suffering from psychic aftereffects of the possession and haunting dreams of le Fay, Lake is under the care of psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Strange at a psychiatric hospital. Strange has the potential to become Lindmer's successor by virtue of abilities and items inherited by from his father, including a signet ring. Strange intuitively senses something very wrong, sharing Lake's nightmare about the previous day's events, but does not understand what is going on.
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