1978 Dr. Strange CBS TV Movie

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In 1978 I was 14 years old and a big Marvel Comics comic book fan. I was happy to see a made for TV Movie of Doctor Strange. Riding the success of Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk TV series, CBS gave the master of the mystic arts a chance for his own show. Dr. Strange (1978 Film)
Dr. Strange is a 1978 American superhero television film based on the Marvel Comics fictional character of the same name, co-created by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee. Philip DeGuere directed the film and wrote it specifically for television, and produced the film along with Alex Beaton and Gregory Hoblit. Stan Lee served as a consultant on the film, which was created as a pilot for a proposed television series. Dr. Strange stars Peter Hooten in the title role, along with Jessica Walter, Eddie Benton, Clyde Kusatsu, Philip Sterling, and John Mills. The film aired on September 6, 1978, in a two-hour block from 8pm to 10pm on CBS, the same network that, at that time, aired The Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk; CBS did not pick up Dr. Strange as a series.
Peter Hooten as Dr. Stephen Strange, a psychiatrist, who becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme to safeguard the Earth from Morgan Le Fay.
Jessica Walter as Morgan Le Fay, an evil sorceress from the "fourth dimension", who plans to invade Earth.
Anne-Marie Martin (credited as "Eddie Benton") as Clea Lake, Strange's patient.
Clyde Kusatsu as Wong

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