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- Diana Prince poses as a singer, using the cover identity of 'Kathy Meadows,' so that, as Wonder Woman, she can crack a record-extortion ring. This installment showcases series lead Lynda Carter's musical talents; one of the two selections she performs, 'Toto (Don't It Feel Like Paradise),' is from the album 'Portrait,' which Ms. Carter released on the Epic Records label in the late 1970s.
- Wonder Woman is definitely campy at times, but series lead Lynda Carter adds extraordinary grace and gravitas to the proceedings, whether they're tales of WWII intrigue or over-the-top '70s crime.
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Wonder Woman, known for seasons 2 and 3 as The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, is an American action superhero television series based on the DC Comics comic book superhero of the same name. The show stars Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor Sr. It originally aired for three seasons from 1975 to 1979. The show's first season aired on ABC and is set. Mar 12, 1974 Directed by Vincent McEveety. With Cathy Lee Crosby, Kaz Garas, Andrew Prine, Ricardo Montalban. A super-hero uses her powers to thwart an international spy ring.
Wonder Woman is the 1970s television adaptation of the DC Comics superheroine, starring actress Lynda Carter as the titular character. The series premiered in the US on ABC in November of 1975, with a made-for-TV movie entitled The New Original Wonder Woman. Reception was positive, and led to one thirteen-episode season on ABC. Both the pilot movie and the first season took place during World War II, and featured Wonder Woman defending the American homefront against a variety of Nazi saboteurs. Wonder Woman is aided in these adventures by the War Department's Major Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner), a brave but somewhat dimwitted intelligence agent who remains unaware that his secretary, Yeoman Diana Prince, is actually Wonder Woman's secret identity.
Due to the inherently high costs of a period piece, ABC declined to renew the series for another season. The show was to be continued by rival network CBS under a readjusted premise - instead of WWII, events would now take place in present day (that is, the 1970s). Wonder Woman and her alter-ego Diana Prince now fought for the Inter-Agency Defense Command, a CIA-like organization dedicated to combating domestic crime as well as foreign espionage and terrorism. Diana's direct superior at the IADC remained a Trevor - specifically Steve Trevor, Jr. (still played by Waggoner), and the pair would engage in many adventures for another two seasons until 1979.
The character of Wonder Woman would not fully return to live action media until 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The following weapons were used in the television series Wonder Woman:
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Smith & Wesson Model 10
In the television film 'The New Original Wonder Woman', Paradise Island's tie-breaking 'Bullets and Bracelets' challenge is conducted with a pair of Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolvers.
Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 5' Barrel - .38 Special
Contestant VIII, one of the two finalists, aims the S&W Model 10.
Contestant VIII fires the S&W Model 10.
Contestant XXXIII, the other finalist, readies her own S&W.
Contestant XXXIII fires the S&W.
Colt Detective Special
In 'The New Original Wonder Woman', Wonder Woman encounters a gang of bank robbers who shoot at her with Colt Detective Specials. Detective Specials are also wielded against her by a Nazi spy ring later on.
Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special
The robbers open fire on Wonder Woman.
Nazi agent Ashley Norman (Red Buttons) and a confederate take aim at Wonder Woman.
The agents find their revolvers empty.
Colt New Service
In the television film 'The New Original Wonder Woman', Wonder Woman performs 'Bullets and Bracelets' as a Vaudeville act. One challenger fires two shots from a Colt New Service, both of which Wonder Woman deflects.
Colt New Service Revolver - .45 ACP. The Army adopted a version of the New Service, the Colt M1917, with plain wooden grips and a lanyard ring in WWI.
The challenger fires the Colt New Service.
After Wonder Woman has deflected the shots, the challenger wonders if the gun has been tampered with.
Walther P38
True to stereotype, Nazi agent Ashley Norman is initially armed with a Walther P38 in the television film 'The New Original Wonder Woman'.
Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm
Ashley Norman (Red Buttons) threatens Wonder Woman with the P38 in the television film 'The New Original Wonder Woman'.
Ashley Norman (Red Buttons) holds his P38 on a hostage in the television film 'The New Original Wonder Woman'.
Remington 1866 Derringer
When exposed as a Nazi double-agent, Steve's secretary Marcia (Stella Stevens) turns a Remington 1866 Derringer on Wonder Woman in 'The New Original Wonder Woman'.
Remington 1866 Derringer - .41 R.F. Caliber. Polished Steel with yellow pearl grips
Marcia (Stella Stevens) aims the derringer at Wonder Woman.
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Marcia realizes the derringer will be useless against Wonder Woman's bulletproof bracelets.
'I was Nuremberg judo champ!' Marcia sets the derringer aside as she prepares to fight Wonder Woman hand-to-hand.
Winchester Model 1892
In the television film 'The New Original Wonder Woman', Wonder Woman's first Vaudeville challenger is a Marine, who takes a single shot at Wonder Woman with a Winchester Model 1892 carbine.
Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20.
The Marine readies the Winchester.
The Marine fires the Winchester.
Thompson
The final challenger in the Vaudeville 'Bullets and Bracelets' act is the Teutonic Woman (Maida Severn) and her Thompson Submachine Gun (equipped with a fifty-round drum). The gun appears to be an M1928A1 model in most shots, though an M1928 (or possibly M1921A1) is substituted in closeups.
M1928A1 Thompson with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP
M1928 'Tommy Gun' or 'Chicago typewriter' with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP, made famous through countless classic gangster movies.
The old woman (Maida Severn) prepares to fire the Thompson while the act's host Ashley Norman (Red Buttons) looks on nervously. Note the horizontal foregrip
The old woman fires the Thompson, while Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter) deflects them with her bulletproof bracelets.
A closeup of the Thompson. Note the sudden appearance of a vertical foregrip, which the M1928A1 specifically excludes.
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Wonder Woman | |
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Based on | Wonder Woman by |
Written by | John D. F. Black |
Directed by | Vincent McEveety |
Starring | |
Music by | Artie Butler |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | John D. F. Black |
Producer(s) | John G. Stephens |
Cinematography | Joseph Biroc |
Editor(s) | Gene Ruggiero |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Television |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release |
Wonder Woman is a 1974 American made-for-televisionsuperhero film based on the DC Comicscharacter of the same name, directed by Vincent McEveety and starring Cathy Lee Crosby. The film was a pilot for an intended television series being considered by ABC. The movie presented the character as a James Bond-style superspy, and did not contain many elements from the comic book series.[1] Ratings were described as 'respectable but not exactly wondrous,' and ABC did not pick up the pilot.[2]
Instead, Warner Brothers and ABC developed a different Wonder Woman television concept that fit the more traditional presentation of the character as created by William Moulton Marston, turning away from the 1968–1972 era that had influenced the pilot. The New Original Wonder Woman, which premiered in 1975, starred Lynda Carter and eventually led to the Wonder Woman TV series. Crosby would later claim that she was offered the chance to reprise the role in that series.[3]
Background[edit]
Cathy Lee Crosby in the first Wonder Woman film.
Wonder Woman's first broadcast appearance in live-action television was a movie made in 1974 for ABC. Written by John D. F. Black, the TV movie resembles the Wonder Woman of the 'I Ching' period. Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby) did not wear the comic-book uniform, demonstrated no apparent super-human powers, had a 'secret identity' of Diana Prince that was not all that secret, and she was also depicted as blonde (differing from the black hair established in the comic books).
This 1974 film follows Wonder Woman, assistant to government agent Steve Trevor (Kaz Garas) as she pursues a villain named Abner Smith (Ricardo Montalbán) who has stolen a set of code books containing classified information about U.S. government field agents. Along the way, she has to outwit Smith's chief assistants: the handsome yet dangerous George (Andrew Prine) and a rogue Amazon, Ahnjayla (Anitra Ford), whom Smith has taken on as a bodyguard; a brief duel between Wonder Woman and Ahnjayla is the film's only significant action sequence, which occurs during the final third of the story.[4]
The pilot aired originally on March 12, 1974[5] and was repeated on August 21 of that year.[6] Ratings were described as 'respectable but not exactly wondrous.'[2] ABC did not pick up the pilot, although Crosby would later claim she was offered the series that was eventually given to Lynda Carter.[3] An ABC spokesperson would later acknowledge that the decision to update the character was a mistake.[2]
Warner Brothers released this pilot into syndication as a stand-alone 90-minute telefilm, where it played on independent TV stations throughout the 1970s and 1980s. On December 11, 2012, Warner Brothers made the Cathy Lee Crosby pilot available as a Video On Demand purchase through their online store.
Cast[edit]
- Cathy Lee Crosby as Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)
- Kaz Garas as Steve Trevor
- Charlene Holt as Hippolyta
- Ricardo Montalbán as Abner Smith
- Richard X. Slattery as Colonel Henkins
- Andrew Prine as George Calvin
- Anitra Ford as Ahnjayla
- Beverly Gill as Dia
- Sandy Gaviola as Ting
- Robert Porter as Joe
- Jordan Rhodes as Bob
- Donna Garrett as Cass
- Roberta Brahm as Zoe
- Thom Carney as Fred
- Ed McCready as Wesley
Home media[edit]
Warner Home Video released the TV film to DVD in 2012 through Amazon.com and their Warner Archive collection.
Wonder Woman 1975 Movie
References[edit]
Wonder Woman 1975 Full Episodes
- ^Sacks, Jason; Dallas, Keith (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 145. ISBN978-1605490564.
- ^ abcShales, Tom (November 7, 1975). 'Wonder Woman Tries Comeback'. The Washington Post.
- ^ abJoby, Tom (May 12, 1980). 'Cathy Crosby turns down 'Wonder Woman' offer'. Associated Press.
- ^Bergeron, Tom (2004). 'Forward'. What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television. By Hofstede, David. Back Stage Books. pp. 31–33. ISBN978-0-8230-8441-8.
- ^'TV Staff Previews'. Uniontown (PA) Morning Herald. March 12, 1974.
- ^'TV Key Best Bets'. Wisconsin State Journal. August 21, 1974.
External links[edit]
- Wonder Woman on IMDb
Putlocker Wonder Woman 1975
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