The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
Director:	Tom Blank
Writer(s):	Michael Michaelian
Release Date:	1977
Running Time:	90 minutes
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The Amazing Spider-Man is a TV movie from 1977 which led to the TV series.

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 he finds out that a Guru will force 10 New Yorkers to commit suicide unless he receives $10 million, he creates a costume, a webshooter, and a utility belt to help stop the crook and his samurais. After inventing a super-sticky web serum, he dons his home made costume and begins fighting crime as the superhero Spider-Man.

Cast

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

Release

The film was not released on VHS until 1980.