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Spider Man – The Dragon's Challenge (1979)

Director: Don McDougall

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Min Lo Chan (Fong), Minister for Industry and Development in the People's Republic of China, visits New York editor Jonah Jameson (Simon) for help in clearing himself of the charge that he sold secrets about Mao's advancing army to US Marines during World War II. And Jameson enlists Peter Parker (Hammond), in reality superhero Spider-Man. Kung-fu and an acupuncture cure (when Spider-Man gets wounded) are both mooted, but when the moment arrives to deliver, the camera weasels out. And sad to say, there's a complete lack of the slight but delightful political savvy that redeemed Spider-Man Strikes Back.

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Cast & crew

Director: Don McDougall

Producer: Lionel E Siegel

Cast: Nicholas Hammond, Robert F Simon, Ellen Bry, Chip Fields, Myron Healey, Rosalind Chao, Richard Erdman, Benson Fong, Ted Danson full cast

Genre(s): Fantasy

Duration: 96 mins


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