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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]

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. With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that. Wonder Woman is an American live-action TV series that originally aired from 1975 to 1979, based on the comic book superhero Wonder Woman.It starred Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor.While often regarded as campy and cheesy in hindsight, it's still somewhat of a Cult Classic. The movie-length pilot episode and first season aired on ABC, and were set during World.

The New Original Wonder Woman: Leonard Horn: Stanley Ralph Ross: November 7, 1975 Princess Diana (Lynda Carter) volunteers to return Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner) to Washington, D.C. After he crashes his airplane on Paradise Island and remains in a coma. Upon arriving in Washington D.C., she establishes the secret identity of Diana Prince and begins working for Steve Trevor.

Background[edit]

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.

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References[edit]

1. ^Sacks, Jason; Dallas, Keith (2014). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 145. ISBN978-1605490564.
2. ^ ^abcShales, Tom (November 7, 1975). 'Wonder Woman Tries Comeback'. The Washington Post.
3. ^ ^abJoby, Tom (May 12, 1980). 'Cathy Crosby turns down 'Wonder Woman' offer'. Associated Press.
4. ^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.
5. ^'TV Staff Previews'. Uniontown (PA) Morning Herald. March 12, 1974.
6. ^'TV Key Best Bets'. Wisconsin State Journal. August 21, 1974.

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