Spider-Man

(CBS, 9/14/1977, 90 mins). A comic-book superhero who gained mysterious powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider pursues an evil extortionist whose mind-control plot threatens the lives of 10 innocent people. This pilot movie previewed a series of once in a while programs during the 1977-78 season and thereafter. Subsequently titled “The Amazing Spider-man.”

Production Companies Charles Fries Productions, Dan Goodman Productions. Director E.W. Swackhamer. Executive Producers Charles Fries, Daniel R. Goodman. Producer Edward J. Montagne. Teleplay Alvin Boretz. Photography Fred Jackman. Music Johnnie Spence. Editor Aaron Stell. Art Director James G. Hulsey. Special Consultant Stan Lee.

Cast Nicholas Hammond (Peter Parker), David White (J. Jonah Jameson), Michael Pataki (Captain Barbera), Hilly Hicks (Robbie Robinson), Lisa Eilbacher (Judy Tyler), Dick Balduzzi (Delivery man), Jeff Donnell (Aunt May), Bob Hastings (Monahan), Barry Cutler (Purse snatcher), Ivor Francis (Prof. Noah Tyler), Thayer David (Edward Byron), Norman Rice, Len Lesser, Ivan Bonar, Carmelita Pope, George Cooper, Robert Snively, Kathryn Reynolds, Harry Caesar, Roy West, James Storm, Ron Gilbert, Larry Anderson, James E. Brodhead, Mary Anne Kasica.