Spectre (1977 film)
| Spectre | |
|---|---|
Title card | |
| Written by | |
| Story by | Gene Roddenberry |
| Directed by | Clive Donner |
| Starring | Robert Culp Gig Young John Hurt |
| Music by | John Cameron |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Gene Roddenberry |
| Producer | Gordon L.T. Scott |
| Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Editor | Peter Tanner |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Release | 21 May 1977 (US) |
| Release | 8 March 1980 (UK) |
Spectre is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film produced by Gene Roddenberry. It was co-written by Roddenberry and Samuel A. Peeples, and directed by Clive Donner. It was one of several unsuccessful pilots created by Roddenberry, and one of several pilots in the 1970s in the occult detective subgenre. The pilot follows the adventures of William Sebastian (Robert Culp), a former criminologist and occult expert, and his colleague, Dr. "Ham" Hamilton (Gig Young), a physician and forensic pathologist, as they visit the United Kingdom to investigate a case involving the aristocratic Cyon family. The cast includes John Hurt, James Villiers, Gordon Jackson, Ann Bell, and Majel Barrett.