The Man from Atlantis

• Director: Lee H. Katzin
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Adventure
• Main Cast: Patrick Duffy
• Release Year: 1977
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

In this TV pilot that spawned a brief series on NBC during 1977-78, Patrick Duffy plays the title character--an amphibian/human, equipped with gills--who washes up on shore and is taken to the hospital to recover. When the American government finds out his identity, it recruits him to help in the recovery of a secret submarine. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

Cast

Victor Buono - Mr. Schubert; Lilyan Chauvin - French Scientist; Patrick Duffy - Mark Harris; Steve Franken; Virginia Gregg - Whale Scientist; Philip Baker Hall - George; Curt Lowens - Emil; Art Lund; Trudy Marshall - Woman at Party; Belinda Montgomery - Dr. Elizabeth Merrill; Robert Phalen - Habitat Technician; Lawrence Pressman - Phil Roth; Alex Rodine - Russian Scientist; Philip Tanzini - Boy at Phone Booth; Michael Watson - Diver; Charles Davis - British Scientist; Mark Jenkins; Michael J. London - Popeye; Larry Holt - Ambulance Driver; Peter Weiss - Test Lab Assistant; Scott Stevenson - Boy on Beach

Credit

Lee H. Katzin - Director, Gary Griffen - Editor, Dann Cahn - Editor, Herbert F. Solow - Executive Producer, Fred Karlin - Composer (Music Score), William H. Cronjager - Cinematographer, Robert H. Justman - Producer, Thomas Fisher - Special Effects, Mayo Simon - Screenwriter