Man from Atlantis (film)

For the television series continuation, see Man from Atlantis.

Man from Atlantis
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Production company	Solow Production Company
Release date	March 4, 1977
Run time	1:36:16
Starring	Patrick Duffy Belinda J. Montgomery Dean Santoro Art Lund Victor Buono
Producer(s)	Harry R. Sherman Terry Morse, Jr.
Music composed by	Fred Karlin
Screenplay by	Mayo Simon
Director(s)	Lee H. Katzin
Art director(s)	J. Smith Poplin
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Man from Atlantis is an American live-action fantasy drama television film produced by Solow Production Company. It aired on March 4, 1977 on NBC. It was written by Mayo Simon, produced by Robert H. Justman, and directed by Lee H. Katzin.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jody	Scott Stevenson
Kelly	Unavailable
Jody's father	Jim Chandler
Mark Harris	Patrick Duffy
Doctor Elizabeth Merrill	Belinda J. Montgomery
Doctor Doug Berkeley	Joshua Bryant
Doctor Jeffers	Unavailable
Tallman	Unavailable
Nurse Dugger	Unavailable
Commander Phil Roth	Lawrence Pressman
Lieutenant Ainsley	Mark Jenkins
Admiral Pierce	Art Lund
Commander Hendrix	Unavailable
Chief Ernie Smith	Dean Santoro
Mr. Johnson	Allen Case
Popeye	Michael J. London
Mr. Schubert	Victor Buono
George	Philip Baker Hall

Organizations

• United States Navy (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Naval Undersea Center
  • Washington (mentioned)
    • Seattle (mentioned)
  • Washington, D.C. (mentioned)
  • Atlantis (mentioned)

Objects

• Identification bands

Vehicles

• Sea Quest (mentioned)
• Ambulance
• Oak River

Music

The music was composed by Fred Karlin, with musical supervision by Harry V. Lojewski. The music was edited by Joseph Tuley. The sound mixers were Jack Solomon and Charles Lewis. The music was re-recorded by Hal Watkins.

Crew credits

• Director of photography: William Cronjager
• Executive producer: Herbert F. Solow
• Art director: J. Smith Poplin
• Supervising film editor: Dann Cahn
• Film editor: Gary Griffen
• Additional photography: Richard Kelley
• Stunt coordinator: Paul Stader
• Special effects: Tom Fisher
• Property master: Jack Marino
• Photographic effects: Gene Warren
• Unit production manager: Kevin Donnelly
• Assistant director: Tom McCrory
• Wardrobe supervisor: William Ware Theiss
• Makeup artist: Don Cash, Jr.
• Hair stylist: Susan Germaine
• Casting director: Ruth Conforte
• Sound effects editors: Lion Selditz, Michael Renaud
• Key gripper: Bob Rust
• Gaffer: Sal Orefice
• Set decorator: Don Sullivan
• Location facilities provider: Cinemobile Systems

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 4, 1977 on NBC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: September 24, 1977 at 7:35 pm on ITV (6:15 pm on Granada)

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • 1986: Worldvision Home Video releases Man from Atlantis on VHS.
  • 1987: Goodtimes Video releases Man from Atlantis on VHS.
  • October 6, 2006: Warner Archive Collection releases Man from Atlantis on DVD.
  • July 26, 2011: Warner Archive Collection releases Man from Atlantis: The Complete TV Movies Collection on DVD.
  • March 12, 2019: Warner Archive Collection releases Man from Altantis on Blu-ray Disc.

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