Wonder Woman (1974)

Directed by

Vincent McEveety

Genre

superhero film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pilot film reimagines Wonder Woman as a blonde superspy in the style of James Bond. She goes on a mission without her usual comic book powers or costume. The network passed on making it into a series.

lightheartedcampyslow-pacedlow-stakesdatedwhimsicalspy-likeunconventional

What happens

Wonder Woman is a 1974 American made-for-television superhero film based on the DC Comics character 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 film presented the character as a James Bond–style superspy, and did not contain many elements from the comic book series. Ratings were described as "respectable but not exactly wondrous," and ABC did not pick up the pilot. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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