The Man From Atlantis: Summary
SUMMARY
- Airs Next:NBC at Thursday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
- Status:Ended
- Premiered:March 4, 1977
- Last Aired:June 6, 1978
- Show Categories:Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure
In this short-lived series, which started as a series of TV movies, Dr. Elizabeth Merrill, a scientist working with the Navy, is called in to check out a mystery man who was found by the ocean. This man, who they name "Mark Harris," is not entirely human, and possesses mutations or surgical alterations which let him survive underwater indefinitely, and give him fast strength, speed, and stamina when submerged. Unfortunately Mark must remain in constant contact with water or weaken and eventually die.
Mark has no memory of his life before being discovered, but when consulted, the Navy computers spit out a single potential point of origin - "Atlantis."
Mark Harris decides to work with the Navy, helping them out with underwater research and rescue operations and confronting such villains as the mysterious Mr. Schubert, who plots to use the ocean's resources and take over the world. In this short-lived series, which started as a series of TV movies, Dr. Elizabeth Merrill, a scientist working with the Navy, is called in to check out a mystery man who was found by the ocean. This man, who they name "Mark Harris," is not entirely human, and possesses mutations or surgical alterations which let him survive underwater indefinitely, and give him fast strength, speed, and...
Mark has no memory of his life before being discovered, but when consulted, the Navy computers spit out a single potential point of origin - "Atlantis."
Mark Harris decides to work with the Navy, helping them out with underwater research and rescue operations and confronting such villains as the mysterious Mr. Schubert, who plots to use the ocean's resources and take over the world. In this short-lived series, which started as a series of TV movies, Dr. Elizabeth Merrill, a scientist working with the Navy, is called in to check out a mystery man who was found by the ocean. This man, who they name "Mark Harris," is not entirely human, and possesses mutations or surgical alterations which let him survive underwater indefinitely, and give him fast strength, speed, and...
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Deadly Carnival
Aired: Tuesday June 6, 1978
Mark goes undercover to investigate members of a carnival planning to break into a museum. The only way to break into the museum is through an underwater tunnel of which only Mark can swim. When he is approached, he refuses. The owner of the carnival is then kidnapped and threatened unless Mark helps.
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- Victor BuonoMr. Schubert
- Patrick DuffyMark Harris / The Man From Atlantis
- Belinda MontgomeryDr. Elizabeth Merrill
- Alan FudgeC.W. Crawford
- Robert LussierBrent
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