The Incredible Hulk (1977) (TV)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Writer:

Kenneth Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

4 November 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Fantasy

Tagline:

A scientist is exposed to a massive dose of gamma rays - and becomes a superhuman beast...

Plot:

A T.V. movie based on the comic-book character, telling the story of how he came to be.

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Radical Transformation | Based On Comic Book | Character Turns Green | Marvel Comics

Cast

Bill Bixby	...	Dr. David Bruce Banner
Susan Sullivan	...	Dr. Elaina Marks
Jack Colvin	...	Jack McGee
Lou Ferrigno	...	The Hulk
Susan Batson	...	Mrs. Maier
Mario Gallo	...	Mr. Bram
Eric Server	...	Policeman
Charles Siebert	...	Ben
Terence Locke	...	Young Man
June Whitley Taylor	...	Mrs. Epstein
George Brenlin	...	Man At Lake
Jake Mitchell	...	Jerry
William Larsen	...	Minister
Olivia Barash	...	Girl at Lake
Eric Deon	...	B.J.

Runtime:

120 min | Finland:105 min (uncut) | Finland:103 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-12 (1981) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (1979) (uncut) | UK:PG | Australia:G | Denmark:11 (2003) | France:U | Sweden:11 | UK:A (original rating) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Trivia:

Released theatrically in the UK.

Goofs:

Continuity: Right after the Hulk begins to change back to David Banner for the first time (by the side of the lake), Banner looks into the lake and mutters "my God" when he sees his reflection with white eyes. He swats at the water, and when the image clears up he sees his face with his normal eyes. Look at the frame right before he swats the water; his eyes are already back to normal.

Quotes:

Dr. Elaina Marks: David, try to remember...
Dr. David Banner: I, ah, I remember... feeling incredibly strong... it was me... and it wasn't me.

Movie Connections:

Edited into "The Incredible Hulk: Interview with the Hulk (#4.15)" (1981)

I cried!!!

I was nine years old in the fall of 1977 when I first saw this film and I remember at the end I cried. I did not cry again at a movie for another 17 years till I saw Forrest Gump (I cried when Jenny died). Bill Bixby made a great Doctor Banner and Lou Ferrigno a fine Hulk and Jack Colvin was great as a pain in the *** reporter. For its time, this movie had some great special effects (Banner's transformation, the lab explosion in the end...). I later went on to watch the series as well. I was disappointed by one thing about the series, since it was based in part on The Fugitive. I would have liked if they had a two hour series finale in which Banner was cleared of murdering that other scientist and found a cure for the Hulk. There was no closure. You really felt sorry for poor David. In 1990 they made The Death Of The Incredible Hulk where Banner died in the end.