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- "The American ideal. It's a little tough to find these days, isn't it?"
- ―Steve Rogers
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Captain America |
| Director: | Rod Holcomb |
| Writers: | Don Ingalls; Chester Krumholz |
| Producers: | Allan Balter; Martin M. Goldstein [1] |
| Composer: | Pete Carpenter; Mike Post |
| Cinematography: | Ronald W. Browne |
| Editors: | Michael S. Murphy |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Universal TV MCA/Universal |
| Released: | January 19th, 1979 |
| Running time: | 120 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Captain America is an American television movie of the superhero fantasy genre. It was directed by Rod Holcomb with a script written by Don Ingalls and Chester Krumholz based on a character originally created for Marvel Comics by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. It was produced by Universal Television and first aired on CBS on January 19th, 1979. A sequel film, Captain America II: Death Too Soon, was aired later that year over the course of two nights on November 23rd-November 24th, 1979. The movie stars Reb Brown as the patriotic Steve Rogers, an artist who becomes the beneficiary of the F.L.A.G. formula, which imbues him with enhanced strength and reflexes. Armed with brightly colored costume, a shield and motorcycle, he becomes the adventurer known as Captain America. Also starring in the movie is Len Birman as Doctor Simon Mills, Heather Menzies as Doctor Wendy Day, Robin Mattson as Tina Hayden, Joseph Ruskin as Rudy Sandrini and Lance Le Gault as Harley.
Plot[]
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Reb Brown | Captain America, Steve Rogers |
| Len Birman | Doctor Simon Mills |
| Heather Menzies | Doctor Wendy Day |
| Robin Mattson | Tina Hayden |
| Joseph Ruskin | Rudy Sandrini |
| Lance LeGault | Harley |
| Frank Marth | Charles Barber |
| Steve Forrest | Lou Brackett |
| Chip Johnson | Jerry |
| James Ingersoll | Lester Wiant |
| Jim B. Smith | FBI assistant |
| Jason Wingreen | Surgeon |
| June Dayton | Secretary |
| Diana Webster | Nurse |
| Dan Barton | Jeff Haden |
| Ken Chandler | 1st doctor |
| Buster Jones | Anesthetist |
| Nocana Aranda | Trochkmorton |
| Michael McManus | Ortho |
| Lonnie Pense | Wino in park |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is, "The birth of America's Sentinel of Liberty".
- Home video releases of this film have branded this as "A Marvel Classics Film" and added the subtitle, "Sentinel of Liberty".
- This is Rod Holcomb's first work as a director on a television movie.
- Actor Lance LeGault is credited as Lance Le Gault in this film.
- Actor Nocana Aranda is uncredited in the role of Trockmorton in this film. This is his first and only work in a television movie.
- Actor Michael McManus is uncredited in the role of Ortho in this film.
- Actor Lonnie Pense is uncredited in the role of a wino in this film.
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- ↑ Associate producer Martin M. Goldstein is credited as Martin Goldstein in this film.