Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge is a TV movie from 1979. It had a theatrical release in 1981.
Plot[]
The final episode (a 2-hour special) has an old college friend of Mr. Jameson fleeing China (where he is the Minister of Industrial Development) to live with his Chinese-American daughter because the Chinese government has falsely charged him with being a spy during World War II. While Peter Parker tries to prove the man's innocence he must contend with a henchmen of a British-Hong Kong businessman who will do anything to get a new Minster of Industrial Development that will ensure that his firm gets a lucrative business contract with China. The two-part series finale has plenty of action, a new female love interest (played by Rosalind Chao), extensive footage of Hong Kong and even exposition on its history and traditional religious beliefs.
Cast[]
- Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- David White as J. Jonah Jameson
- Rosalind Chao as Emily Chan
- Benson Fong as Min Lo Chan
- Ellen Bry as Julie Masters
- Anthony Charnota as Quinn
- George Cheung as Doctor Pai
- Tony Clark as Joe
- Ted Danson as Major Collings
- Richard Erdman as Mr. Zeider
- Emil Farkas as Karate Thug
- Chip Fields as Rita Conway
- Myron Healey as Lieutenant Olson
- Michael Mancini as Bertino
- John Milford as Professor Roderick Dent/Jonathan Fleming
- Arnold F. Turner as Abbott