Spider-Man (1977 film)

Spider-Man
Directed by:	E.W. Swackhamer
Produced by:	Edward J. Montagne
Written by:	Alvin Boretz Stan Lee
Starring:	Nicholas Hammond David White Michael Pataki Hilly Hicks Lisa Eilbacher Jeff Donnell Robert Hastings Ivor Francis Thayer David
Rating:	MPAA: G
Running time:	90 minutes
Music by:	Johnnie Spence
Edited by:	Aaron Stell
Released by:	Columbia Pictures
Release date:	September 14, 1977
Previous installment(s):	None
Next installment(s):	Spider-Man Strikes Back
Budget:	N/A
Box office:	$9 million

Spider-Man is a 1977 made-for-television film directed by E. W. Swackhamer and starring Nicholas Hammond and Thayer David. A live action television series followed in 1978.

Plot

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 to rob banks and threatens to have 10 New Yorkers commit suicide at his command unless the city pays him $50 million, Peter becomes the costumed hero Spider-Man to stop the crook's fiendish scheme.

Cast

• Nicholas Hammond: Spider-Man/Peter Parker
• David White: J. Jonah Jameson
• Michael Pataki: Captain Barbera
• Hilly Hicks: Joe "Robbie" Robertson
• Lisa Eilbacher: Judy Tyler
• Jeff Donnell: Aunt May
• Robert Hastings: Monahan
• Ivor Francis: Professor Noah Tyler
• Thayer David: Edward Byron