The Spirit

Director: Michael Schultz Michael Schultz

Overview

The Spirit is a TV movie based on Will Eisner's celebrated comic-strip crimefighter. The title character's real name is Denny Colt (played by Sam Jones), a police officer who is believed to be have been killed by gangsters. Revived in a shack near the city graveyeard, Colt dons a domino mask and vows to fight crime as "The Spirit." His first job is to thwart the villainous vamp P'gell (McKinlay Robinson), who schemes to detonate a bomb during an important civic event. Intended as the pilot for a weekly series, The Spirit is a misshapen fiasco, bearing little resemblance to its excellent comic strip source material. Apparently the producers were appalled by the results, since the existing 78-minute version of The Spirit gives evidence of being hacked up in the editing room.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2013
UPC:	0883316881361
Original Release:	1987
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:09:00
Sales rank:	39,138

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sam Jones	Spirit/Denny Colt
Nana Visitor	Ellen Dolan
McKinlay Robinson	Laura Robinson,Eubie
Gary Walberg	Commissioner Dolan,Dolan
Les Lannom	Officer King
Daniel Davis	Simon Teasdale
John Allen	Bruno
Philip Baker Hall	Sevrin
Janet Rotblatt	Victim
Ernestine Mercer	Martha
Annibal Llende	Ricardo
Bobby Jacoby	Actor
Barry Goldberg	Composer

Technical Credits

Steven E. de Souza

Michael Schultz	Director
Steven E. de Souza	Screenwriter
Paul Aratow	Producer
Robert M. Sertner	Producer